A New Dictionary of Quotations on Historical Principles from Ancient and Modern Sources, Volume 10

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Henry Louis Mencken
A. A. Knopf, 1942 - 1347 pages
"This book is based upon a collection of quotations begun in 1918 or thereabout for my own use. Its purpose was to keep track of sayings that, for one reason or another, interested me and seemed worth remembering, but that, also for one reason or another, were not in the existing quotation-books. The collection grew steadily, helped by the contributions of friends who knew of it, and there arose inevitably the notion that it might be worth printing."--Preface written by H.L. Mencken.

Contents

Father and of the Son and of the Holy
82
The Lord instituted the Sacrament of Penance
100
Haste ere the sinner shall expire
226
Abstemiousness
288
He wrongs not an old man that steals his sup
296
To lengthen thy life lessen thy meals
309
On the Day of Atonement it is forbidden to
361
have noticed walking about the country that
443
See also Abstemiousness Breakfast Capital
489
See Belief Jest Joke Philosopher Ridiculous
521
Thine is an oyster knife that hacks and hews
1059
The difference between coarse and refined
1068
When certain persons abuse us let us ask our
1319
See also Criticism Friend Objurgation
1336
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