Zitate von Henry Louis Mencken
Ein bekanntes Zitat von Henry Louis Mencken:
Puritanismus ist die ewige Angst, daß irgendwo irgendwer glücklich und zufrieden sein könnte.
Informationen über Henry Louis Mencken
Schriftsteller, Journalist, Kritiker (USA, 1880 - 1956).
Henry Louis Mencken · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum
Henry Louis Mencken wäre heute 143 Jahre, 7 Monate, 17 Tage oder 52.459 Tage alt.
Geboren am 12.09.1880 in Baltimore
Gestorben am 29.01.1956 in Baltimore
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Weitere 170 Zitate von Henry Louis Mencken
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A man who knows a subject thoroughly, a man so soaked in it that he eats it, sleeps it and dreams it - this man can always teach it with success, no matter how little he knows of technical pedagogy.
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A professional politician is a professional dishonorable man.
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Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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Bachelors know more about women than married men. If they didn't, they'd be married too.
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Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone may be looking.
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Conscience: the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.
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Democracy is a form of religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses.
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Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
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Epigram: a platitude with vine-leaves in its hair.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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Every normal man must be tempted at times, to spit on his hand, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurence of the improbable.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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Fear of death and fear of life both become piety.
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Folk songs are written, like all other songs, by individuals. All the folk have to do with them is to choose the ones that are to survive.
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Freedom of press is limited to those who own one.
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God must love the rich or he wouldn't divide so much among so few of them.
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He [Calvin Coolidge] slept more than any other President, whether by day or by night. Nero fiddled, but Coolidge only snored.