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WRITERS > editor, satirist > H L Mencken
There is nothing...
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There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. People who have many such hours are simply animals waiting docilely for death. We all come to that state soon or late. It is the curse of senility.
Source: Minority Report: H. L. Mencken's Notebooks, no. 87, 1956.
-- H L Mencken, (Sep 12 1880-1956), US editor, satirist; He is known for his biting satire, insults, and debunking in The American Mercury, 1924-33.