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H L Mencken
All government, in...
All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man.
Source:...
Thousands of American...
Thousands of American women know far more about the subconscious than they do about...
Poetry is a...
Poetry is a comforting piece of fiction set to more or less lascivious music.
No man is...
No man is genuinely happy, married, who has to drink worse gin than he used to drink when he was...
If after I...
If after I depart this vale, you ever remember me, and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink...
The truth is...
The truth is that the average schoolmaster, on all the lower levels, is and always must be essentially and next door...
Here, indeed, was...
Here, indeed, was his one really notable talent. He slept more than any other President, whether by day or by night. ....
A professor must...
A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
Source: Quoted by Geoffrey...
The aim of...
The aim of medicine is surely not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of...
It is impossible...
It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those...
Women have simple...
Women have simple tastes. They can get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in...
Opera in English,...
Opera in English, is about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
Source: The Frank...
Love is the...
Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.
Source: Recalled on his...
Sin is a...
Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to...
The men the...
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently...
There are two...
There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read.
The more a...
The more a man dreams, the less he believes.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...
A society made...
A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be...
No one ever...
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.
Fame is an...
Fame is an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...