“To the man with an ear for verbal delicacies- the man who searches painfully for the perfect word, and puts the way of saying a thing above the thing said - there is in writing the constant joy of sudden discovery, of happy accident.”
This book compiles prefaces from a diverse range of authors, offering insights into the motivations, intentions, and contexts behind their respective writings. more
H. L. Mencken was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. Born on September 12, 1880, and passing away on January 29, 1956, Mencken is renowned for his significant contributions to American culture and language, particularly through his satirical essays and critical analyses of the American establishment. more
“Money will not make you happy, and happy will not make you money.”
“If each one of us could make just one other happy, the whole world would know happiness.”
“Evil and good are God's right hand and left.”
“Evil is the interruption of a truth by the pressure of particular or individual interests.”