I’m now misspelling in three languages, but was reassured by G.K. Chesterton’s maxim “if a thing is worth doing, it’s worth doing badly”.

… until I found* that Chesterton was patronizing women, if not misogynistic, when he penned that little gem in an essay entitled the “Folly and Female Education”.
(*via Hollis Robbins)

Einstein didn’t say that: How viral misquotes evolve and replicate - Big Think
https://bigthink.com/high-culture/how-viral-misquotes-evolve-and-replicate/
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