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Henry Louis Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken föddes den 12 september 1880 och dog den 29 januar 1956 - amerikansk filosof, journalist och författare.
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 To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. |
| The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. |
| I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the democratic government is at least as bad as any of the other forms |
| Honor is simply the morality of superior men. |
| Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup |
| Immortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn't believe he is dead |
| There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for happiness |
| Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice |
| Jury: A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health, hearing, and business engagements, have failed to fool him |
| If you want peace, work for justice. |
| The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all |
| The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth |
| You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing |
| Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution? |
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