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There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read.
The more a man dreams, the less he believes.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...
A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be...
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.
Fame is an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...
If I had my way, no man guilty of golf would be eligible to any office of trust under the United...
Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.
Source: A...
The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he...
Inaction, save as a measure of recuperation between bursts of activity, is painful and dangerous to the healthy...
Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go...
A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in...
As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft.
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-- H L Mencken, (Sep...
Evil: That which one believes of others. It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a...
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them...
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.
Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head...
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
Source:
-- H L Mencken,...
I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon...
How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's...
Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.
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-- H L Mencken, (Sep...