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 Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. | H. L. Mencken |
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For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. | H. L. Mencken |
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For every human problem, there is a neat, simple solution; and it is always wrong | H. L. Mencken |
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For 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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Giving 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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Historian : An unsuccessful novelist. | H. L. Mencken |
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Honour is simply the morality of superior man. | H. L. Mencken |
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I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. | H. L. Mencken |
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I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them. | H. L. Mencken |
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In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favorite device of persons with something to sell. | H. L. Mencken |
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In war there is no room for mistakes. | H. L. Mencken |
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It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. | H. L. Mencken |
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It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. | H. L. Mencken |
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. | H. L. Mencken |
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