--- title: "1 Americanism Quotes By Trevanian" description: "1 Americanism quotes by Trevanian. Plus more from Trevanian and more Americanism sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/trevanian-19940_americanism_it-s-not-americans-i-find-annoying-it-s_869762.jpg" --- > [“It's not Americans I find annoying; it's Americanism: a social disease of the postindustrial world that must inevitably infect each of the mercantile nations in turn, and is called 'American' only because your nation is the most advanced case of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/it-s-not-americans-i-find-annoying-it-s-americanism-a-social-disease/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/trevanian-19940_americanism_it-s-not-americans-i-find-annoying-it-s_869762.jpg) ## Other authors on Americanism - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-theodore-roosevelt-90083.jpg) Theodore Roosevelt 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/americanism/theodore-roosevelt/) ## More by Trevanian > [“Your scorn for mediocrity blinds you to its vast primitive power. You stand in the glare of your own brilliance, unable to see into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/your-scorn-for-mediocrity-blinds-you-to-its-vast-primitive-power-you/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [Irony is Fate's most common figure of speech.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/irony-is-fate-s-most-common-figure-of-speech/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [Ripe for romance? Is that not only the self-conscious and sensitive young man's way of saying he was heavy with passion? Is not, perhaps,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/ripe-for-romance-is-that-not-only-the-self-conscious-and-sensitive/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [You can gain experience, if you are careful to avoid empty redundancy. Do not fall into the error of the artisan who boasts of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/you-can-gain-experience-if-you-are-careful-to-avoid-empty-redundancy/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [As you know, shibumi has to do with great refinement underlying commonplace appearances. It is a statement so correct that it does not have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/as-you-know-shibumi-has-to-do-with-great-refinement-underlying/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [“It's not Americans I find annoying; it's Americanism: a social disease of the postindustrial world that must inevitably infect each of the mercantile nations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/it-s-not-americans-i-find-annoying-it-s-americanism-a-social-disease/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [Do not fall into the error of the artist who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft while in fact he has had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/do-not-fall-into-the-error-of-the-artist-who-boasts-of-twenty-years/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [No one really likes Switzerland, except those who prefer cleanliness to life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/no-one-really-likes-switzerland-except-those-who-prefer-cleanliness/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [“Confession is good for the soul, it empties the spirit making more room for sin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/confession-is-good-for-the-soul-it-empties-the-spirit-making-more/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [We all desire to be understood, but no one enjoys being obvious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/we-all-desire-to-be-understood-but-no-one-enjoys-being-obvious/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [“It is a truism of American politics that no man who can win an election deserves to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/it-is-a-truism-of-american-politics-that-no-man-who-can-win-an/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [“Niko? I have decided to christen this little pool Le Cagot's Soul." "Oh?" "Yes. Because it is clear and pure and lucid." "And treacherous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/niko-i-have-decided-to-christen-this-little-pool-le-cagot-s-soul-oh/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [“Short first pregnancies do not occasion criticism in our valley, for it is widely known that the good Lord often makes first pregnancies mercifully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/short-first-pregnancies-do-not-occasion-criticism-in-our-valley-for/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [Go is to Western chess what philosophy is to double-entry accounting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/go-is-to-western-chess-what-philosophy-is-to-double-entry-accounting/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) > [Pass through knowledge to arrive at simplicity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trevanian/pass-through-knowledge-to-arrive-at-simplicity/) [Trevanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trevanian/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/americanism/trevanian/#itemlist", "name": "1 Americanism Quotes By Trevanian", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It's not Americans I find annoying; it's Americanism: a social disease of the postindustrial world that must inevitably infect each of the mercantile nations in turn, and is called 'American' only because your nation is the most advanced case of the malady, much as one speaks of Spanish flu, or Japanese Type-B encephalitis. 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