403 ordspråk av Henry Louis Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken föddes den September 12th 1880 och dog den 29 January 1956 - of American life who influenced US fiction through the 1920s.
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 The human race is in such a dreadful state that no rational person can talk about it without resorting to seditious and obscene language |
| The idea that (school-children) are happy is of a piece with the idea that the lobster in the pot is happy |
| The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is almost as dubious as the notion that poverty can be prevented |
| The ideal state for a philosopher, indeed, is celibacy tempered by polygamy |
| The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it |
| The intelligent, like the unintelligent, are responsive to propaganda |
| The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose ideas are idiotic |
| The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all |
| The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all |
| The life of man in this world is like the life of a fly in a room filled with 100 boys, each armed with a fly swatter |
| The lunatic fringe wags the underdog |
| The major contribution of Protestant thought to the knowledge of mankind is its massive proof that God is a bore |
| 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 |
| The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits |
| The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits |
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Proverb (1469548 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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