H L Mencken

We are here...

We are here...

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all knowledge is moonshine.

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Hamlet' has been...

Hamlet' has been...

'Hamlet' has been played by 5,000 actors -- no wonder he's crazy.

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An idealist is...

An idealist is...

An idealist is a man who looks at a rose, and thinks, because it smells sweet, it will make better soup than...

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Time is a...

Time is a...

Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals.

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Historian -- an...

Historian -- an...

Historian -- an unsuccessful novelist.

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A gentlemen is...

A gentlemen is...

A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation.

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A man may...

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...

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to...

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If he became...

If he became...

If he became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he so sorely needs, he would...

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Anyone can be...

Anyone can be...

Anyone can be accurate and even profound, but it is damned hard work to make criticism...

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It is impossible...

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...

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A sense of...

A sense of...

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice and truth in front of...

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Character in decay...

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...

It is inaccurate to say I hate everything, I am strongly in favor of common sense, and common decency. This makes me...

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Criticism is prejudice...

Criticism is prejudice...

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

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Let's not burn...

Let's not burn...

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.

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Conscience is a...

Conscience is a...

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

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It is not...

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...

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Democracy is the...

Democracy is the...

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

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Every man is...

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...

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