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H.L. Mencken: Almost impossible for an Anglo-Saxon to write of sex without being dirty

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It is almost impossible for an Anglo-Saxon to write of sex without being dirty.

  --H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), in the Baltimore Evening Sun, fromA Second Mencken Chrestomathy (pub.2006, ed. Terry Teachout

19 July 2008 in American, British, Love, Men, women, children, families, Nasty and funny quotes about various nationalities |

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