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H. L. Mencken Quotes

1880–1956 United States

Henry Louis Mencken (12 September 1880 – 29 January 1956), known as H. L.

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Also known as: H L Mencken, H.L. Mencken, Henry Louis Mencken, Hl mencken, Mencken, Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis)

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The doctrine that the cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy is like saying that the cure of crime is more crime.

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When I hear artists or authors making fun of business men, I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks.

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[The dry martini is] the only American invention as perfect as a sonnet.

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