On Rudolph Valentino: Here was a young man who was living daily the dreams of millions of other young men. Here was one who
Quotes
Waermondt
What need is there for merchants to have any style, or to risk their goods overseas, or the children to learn a trade, for
Charles Davenant
Tis the principle of us Modern Whigs, to get what we can, no matter how.
Menchen
All mankind, in his sight, was divided into two great races: those who paid their bills, and those who didn’t. The former were virtuous,
HL Menchen
It seems to me that such swine (big businessmen) were and are my enemies even more plainly than the Communists not only because they
HL Menchen
It is indeed, a cardinal socialistic doctrine,…, that the desire of the weak and inefficient man to seize the things beyond his reach is,
HL Menchen
(HL Menchen) pounding out article after article in which he chipped away at the cornerstones of the culture that had made possible the bourgeois
Menchen
His “Ventures into Verse” had 100 copies printed; he took half and the publisher took half. It sold 3 copies.
Theodore Dreiser
Sister Carrie, his best known novel, earned him a total of $68.40 in royalties.
Peter Mayle
Good stuff on why material things are so much trouble that they don’t bring happiness.