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H L Mencken
A gentlemen is...
A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation.
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A man may...
A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he's married.
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Before a man...
Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to...
If he became...
If he became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he so sorely needs, he would...
Anyone can be...
Anyone can be accurate and even profound, but it is damned hard work to make criticism...
It is impossible...
It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it...
A sense of...
A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice and truth in front of...
Character in decay...
Character in decay is the theme of the great bulk of superior fiction.
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It is inaccurate...
It is inaccurate to say I hate everything, I am strongly in favor of common sense, and common decency. This makes me...
Criticism is prejudice...
Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...
Let's not burn...
Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.
Conscience is a...
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
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It is not...
It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions...
Democracy is the...
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
Every man is...
Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life; just after he met his first love, and just after he has left his last...
Say what you...
Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten...
Men become civilized,...
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to...
My guess is...
My guess is that well over 80 percent of the human race goes through life without having a single original...
Human life is...
Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they...
Every normal man...
Every normal man must be tempted at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting some...