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595Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. H.L. Mencken
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708For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe... Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end. H.L. Mencken
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618For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. H.L. Mencken
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629Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. H.L. Mencken
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657Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. H.L. Mencken
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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. -
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662Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. H.L. Mencken
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Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. -
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Criticism is prejudice made plausible. -
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Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends. -
704Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. H.L. Mencken
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635Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepare to see them misunderstood. H.L. Mencken
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676An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. H.L. Mencken
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. -
698All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless amusement, compared to which a visit to a penitentiary, or even to a State legislature in session, is informing, stimulating and ennobling. H.L. Mencken
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All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless amusement, compared to which a visit to a penitentiary, or even to a... -
748All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else. H.L. Mencken
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All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by... -
92All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. H.L. Mencken
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All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. -
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A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child. -
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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers. -
696A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it. H.L. Mencken
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A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it. -
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. -
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A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.