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WRITERS > editor, satirist > H L Mencken
The idea that...
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The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. . . . The average man simply spends his leisure as a dog spends it. His recreations are all puerile, and the time supposed to benefit him really only stupefies him.
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.