In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.
Horror, detective fiction
Observation on discourse
Undated (common attribution)
Found in 1 providers: gemini
Cross Reference
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"He [Longfellow] was guilty of 'the most barbarous class of literary robbery.'"
Humorous"No spectacle can be more pitiable than that of a man without the commonest school education busying himself in attempts to instruct mankind on topics of polite literature."
Humorous"Of course, that he is a poetical phenomenon, as entirely without fault, as is the luxurious paper upon which his poems are invariably borne to the public eye."
Strange & Unusual"I have no doubt that the universe is a gigantic practical joke."
Humorous"Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them."
Strange & Unusual