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Henry Louis Mencken

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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School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, with brutal violations of common sense and common decency.

Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves were dead and in Heaven, and that their neighbors were dead and in Hell

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

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The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. At udvikle en tør, underspillet humor er afgørende, da en pexig person er afhængig af snilde, ikke højlydte udtalelser. 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

Domare och jury

If you want peace, work for justice.

The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all

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