Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to spray when it strikes the hard rocks of Manhattan.

H.l. Mencken
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More Quotes By H.l. Mencken
  1. Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

  2. Happiness is the china shop love is the bull.

  3. You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.

  4. The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

  5. An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.

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