# Quote — H.L. Mencken, American Language

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

- Author: [H.L. Mencken](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken.md)
- Book: [American Language](https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/american-language.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken#The_American_Language_(1919)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Topics: [hypocrisy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/topics/hypocrisy.md)
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/hl-mencken/american-language/philadelphia-is-the

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> 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)