Oscar Wilde? Augustine Birrell? Lewis Morris? Fictional? Question for Quote Investigator: There is a popular anecdote about Oscar Wilde that is very funny, but it is also implausible in my opinion. The story claims that Wilde was speaking with a terrible poet who had recently published a book of verse. The rhymer complained that no …
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Quote Origin: Progress May Have Been All Right Once, But It Went On Too Long
Ogden Nash? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: Jeopardy is my favorite game show, and I recently watched in amazement as an IBM computer named Watson beat the two best human players in the history of the trivia tournament. I was reminded of the classic one-line observation made by the brilliantly humorous poet Ogden Nash: Progress …
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