| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 39271 |
| QUOTATION: | PsychotherapyThe theory that the patient will probably get well anyway, and is certainly a damned ijjit. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | H.L. (Henry Lewis) Mencken (18801956), U.S. journalist, critic. The Vintage Mencken, ch. 47, p. 233, ed. Alistair Cooke, Vintage (1956).
Yes, ijjit! |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Mencken Collection. |
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