What other culture could have produced someone like Hemmingway and not seen the joke?

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A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of...

The corporate grip on opinion in the United States is one of the wonders of...

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting to encounter yourself.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one...

It makes no difference who you vote for - the two parties are really one...

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified...

Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified...

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

The more money an American accumulates, the less interesting he becomes.

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but...

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only...

There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only...

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all....

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all....

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

The idea of a good society is something you do not need a religion and...

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

That loyal retainer of the Chase Manhattan Bank, the American president.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of...

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of...

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

What is in question is a kind of book reviewing which seems to be more...

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of...

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of...

We're not a democracy.

We're not a democracy.

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world...

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world...

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.