# American Language

- Author: [H.L. Mencken](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken.md)
- Quotes: 2
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/american-language

## Quotes

> A novelty loses nothing by the fact that it is a novelty; it rather gains something, and particularly if it meets the national fancy for the terse, the vivid, and, above all, the bold and imaginative.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/american-language/a-novelty-loses.md)

> Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/american-language/philadelphia-is-the.md)

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