"The martini: the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet."

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H. L. Mencken

#Drinking Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Invention Quotes

“Luck is not chance, it's toil; fortune's expensive smile is earned.”
“When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.”
“Down to the present day the luminous image of democracy has often served as a pretext for the most undemocratic actions.”
“Water runneth smoothest where it is deepest.”
“The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions.”
“[My early stories] are the work of a living writer whom I know in a sense, but can never meet.”
“Comic books, movies, radio programmes centered their entertainment around the fact of torture. With the clearest of consciences, with a patriotic intensity, children dreamed, talked, acted orgies of physical abuse. Imaginations were released to wander on a reconnaissance mission from Cavalry to Dachau. European children starved and watched their parents scheme and die. Here we grew up with toy whips. Early warning against our future leaders, the war babies.”
“America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.”

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