Henry Louis Mencken föddes den 12 september1880 och dog den 29 januari 1956 - of American life who influenced US fiction through the 1920s. Mer info via Google eller Bing.
On both sides of the Reformation fence the Christian church fought for its life, and nearly everywhere it had the support of the universities, which is to say, of official learning, which is to say, of organized ignorance
On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women
One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring
One seldom discovers a true believer that is worth knowing
One yearns unspeakably for a composer who gives out his pair of honest themes, and then develops them unashamed, and then hangs a brisk coda to them, and then shuts up
Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
Paint a rainbow inside of you, paint a rainbow, let your smile shine through. When it's cold and gray, push the clouds away, paint a rainbow in your heart.
Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all other philosophers are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.
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