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Henry Louis Mencken Biography:
Was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century
Date of Birth: September 12, 1880.
Died on: January 29, 1956 at 76 years.
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Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Category: Criticism

Author: Henry Louis Mencken

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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.

Category: Ideal

Author: Henry Louis Mencken

Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I should add that he also usually proves that he is one himself.

Category: Philosophy

Author: Henry Louis Mencken

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Category: Love

Author: Henry Louis Mencken

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