49 ordspråk av Henry Louis Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken
I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.
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In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican
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Ingen er nogensinde gået fallit ved at undervurdere det amerikanske publikums smag.
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It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
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It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.
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Jalousi er den teori, at en anden fyr har lige så lidt smag.
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Jeg har gjort det til en regel aldrig at drikke ved dagslys og aldrig at sige nej til en drink efter mørkets frembrud
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Jo ældre jeg bliver, jo mere mistror jeg den kendte doktrin, at alderen bringer visdom.
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Kærlighed er fantasiens triumf over forstanden.
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Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
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Man kan sige, hvad man vil om de ti bud. Det hjælper ikke på det behagelige faktum: Der er kun ti
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Man må respektere sit medmenneskes religion, men kun ligesom vi respekterer hans teori om, at hans kone er smuk, og at hans børn er kvikke.
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Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later, for another thing, they die earlier.
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