The American Credo: A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National MindMencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
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The American Credo: A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
American wit and humor; National characteristics, American
That one never sees a Frenchman drunk, all the souses whom one sees in
Paris being Americans.
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That a daughter is always a much greater comfort to a mother in after
life than a son.
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That a man with a weak, receding chin is always a nincompoop.
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That English butlers always look down on their American employers, and
frequently have to leave the room to keep from laughing out loud.
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That the most faithful and loving of all dogs is the Newfoundland.
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That a man always dislikes his mother-in-law, and goes half-crazy every
time she visits him.
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That if one doesn't scratch a mosquito bite it will stop itching.
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That all the men in the moving picture business were formerly cloak and
suit merchants, and that they are now all millionaires.
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That the accumulation of money makes a man hard, and robs him of all his
finer qualities.
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That, in an elevator, it is always a man who usurps the looking-glass.
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That it is very unlucky to wear an opal.
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That if a man's eyebrows meet, it is a sign that he has a very
unpleasant nature.
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That a negro ball always ends up in a grand free-for-all fight, in which
several coons are mortally slashed with razors.
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That if Houdini were locked up in Sing Sing, he would manage to make his
get-away in less than half an hour's time.
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That Bob Ingersoll is in hell.
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