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H. L. Mencken Facts
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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, critic of American life and culture, and scholar of American English. Known as the "Sage of Baltimore", he is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the twentieth century. Many of his books remain in print. (1880 – 1956) |
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Quotes by H. L. Mencken
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A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
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Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
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Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.
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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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