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Henry Louis Mencken föddes den 12 September 1880 och dog den 29 Januar 1956 - of American life who influenced US fiction through the 1920s.
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 "As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." — H. L. Mencken

 "Correct" spelling, indeed, is one of the arts that are far more esteemed by schoolma'ams than by practical men, neck-deep in the heat and agony of the world

 (Pedagogues:) More than any other class of blind leaders of the blind they are responsible for the degrading standardization which now afflicts the American people

 A celebrity is one who is known by many people he is glad he doesn't know

 A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like

 A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

 A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be free to do so, for his death is a benefit to the race in general

 A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar

 A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar

 A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation

 A great nation is any mob of people which produces at least one honest man a century

 A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it

 A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

 A large part of altruism, even when it is perfectly honest, is grounded upon the fact that it is uncomfortable to have unhappy people about one

 A man always blames the woman who fools him. In the same way he blames the door he walks into in the dark.


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