 |
|
 |
 |
 |
WRITERS > editor, satirist > H L Mencken
School-days, I believe,...
Vendor: WRITERS
School-days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, brutal violations of common sense amd common decency.
Source: Travail, in Baltimore Evening Sun (8 Oct. 1928; repr. in A Mencken Chrestomathy, pt. 17, 1949).
-- 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.