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The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology. - H. L. Mencken
" "The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.
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About H. L. Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken (12 September 1880 – 29 January 1956), known as H. L. Mencken, was a twentieth-century journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and freethinker, known as the "Sage of Baltimore" and the "American Nietzsche". He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th century.
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