H.l. MenckenExplanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem–neat, plausible, and wrong.
About This Quote
A commonly repeated phrase, the author of this quote is unknown. But, what is known is that the author was talking about how people get so attached to their own stories and ideas about the world, that they have trouble seeing things from other people's perspectives. In other words, it's easy to tell yourself a story about what happened to someone else, but it's a lot harder to see a different point of view.
Source: Prejudices: Second Series
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