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Historian -- an...

Historian -- an...

Historian -- an unsuccessful novelist.

Source: A Mencken Chrestomathy, Sententiµ:...

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BOSWELL. I do...

BOSWELL. I do...

BOSWELL. I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it . . .
JOHNSON. That, Sir, I find, is what a very...

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He was dull...

He was dull...

He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him great.

Source:...

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Listen to the...

Listen to the...

Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own...

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Everything is something...

Everything is something...

Everything is something you decide to do, and there is nothing you have to do.

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Many a time...

Many a time...

Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.

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Private property was...

Private property was...

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

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When distant and...

When distant and...

When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a...

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The principle of...

The principle of...

The principle of majority rule is the mildest form in which the force of numbers can be exercised. It is a pacific...

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Happiness is composed...

Happiness is composed...

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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I get up...

I get up...

I get up in the morning with an idea for a three-volume novel and by nightfall it's a paragraph in my...

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The only real...

The only real...

The only real security in a relationship lies neither in looking back in nostalgia, nor forward in dread or...

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Lost time was...

Lost time was...

Lost time was like a run in a stocking. It always got worse.

Source: In Words of...

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After marriage, a...

After marriage, a...

After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and...

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It is hard...

It is hard...

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.

Source: In

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Death cancels everything...

Death cancels everything...

Death cancels everything but truth; and strips a man of everything but genius and virtue. It is a sort of natural...

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He writes as...

He writes as...

He writes as fast as they can read, and he does not write himself down.

Source:...

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The incognito of...

The incognito of...

The incognito of an inn is one of its striking privileges.

Source: On Going a...

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The most rational...

The most rational...

The most rational cure after all for the inordinate fear of death is to set a just value on...

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Each of us...

Each of us...

Each of us is incomplete compared to someone else -- an animal's incomplete compared to a person. . . and a person...

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