The Gettysburg speech is at once the shortest and the most famous oration in American history. Put beside it, all the whoopings… — Henry Lewis Mencken American history Copy Share Image
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is thechief occupation of mankind. — Henry Lewis Mencken Costly Copy Share Image
Johann StraussForty couples dancing ... one by onethey slip from the hall ... sounds of kisses ... the lights go out — Henry Lewis Mencken Dance Copy Share Image
