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Letter "H" » Henry Louis Mencken Quotes
«Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste»
«Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them.»
«The human race is in such a dreadful state that no rational person can talk about it without resorting to seditious and obscene language»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
dreadful, obscene, rational, resorting, seditious
«Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of life both become piety.»
«Alimony: The ransom that the happy pay to the devil»
«Living with a dog is messy - like living with an idealist»
«A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
examination, law student, Marks, papers
«The American, in other words, thinks that the sinner has no rights that any one is bound to respect, and he is prone to mistake an unsupported charge of sinning, provided it be made violently enough, for actual proof and confession»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| About:
America and Americans
| Keywords:
actual sin, confession, in other words, prone, sinner, sinning, unsupported, violently
«The more a man dreams, the less he believes»
«One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
perspire, perspiring, picking, pickings, picking up, prejudices
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