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QUOTATION:An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
ATTRIBUTION:H.L. (Henry Lewis) Mencken (1880–1956), U.S. journalist, critic. The Vintage Mencken, ch. 47, p. 231, ed. Alistair Cooke, Vintage (1956).
BIOGRAPHY:Columbia Encyclopedia.
WORKS:Mencken Collection.
 
 
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