"Even to express a false thought boldly and clearly is to have gained a great deal."
-Ludwig Wittgenstein.
"I never realized how many lies you have to tell to sell a book."
-Linda Lovelace.
It is estimated that Linda Lovelace has sold up to 10 times as many books as Wittgenstein. Interestingly, Lovelace's book Ordeal begins with the wonderfully philosophical line "My name is not Linda Lovelace." If Wittgenstein had enjoyed anything (he evidently didn't), I think he would have enjoyed Lovelace's double entendre. It's a kind of pornographic version of Rimbaud's je est une autre.
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