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A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.

H. L. Mencken

On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.
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Funny Issues Man Trust Women
The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.
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Himself Ideas Man Thinking True
The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear – fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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Courage Emotion Fear Himself Men Safety
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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Animal Art Democracy Science
It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
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Determination Leadership Rebel Sound
Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence she finds it almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening without snickering.
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Heart Husband Intelligence Listening Men Simplicity Woman
The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it’s good-bye to the Bill of Rights.
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Democracy Goodness Hands Right
Always remember this: If you don’t attend the funerals of your friends, they will certainly not attend yours.
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Age Friendship Remember Yourself
Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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Equality Forever Ideal Law Men Priviledge Right World
After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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Action Hell Talk
Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same manner
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Death Fear Law Process Talk
When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
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Limitation Oppression Power War
The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.
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Death Freedom Ideal Kill Sick
It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university and decorated with a Ph.D. will thereby cease to be a moron.
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Education Ourselves Run Time
The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.
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Belief Himself Mystery Right True Victim
You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
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Deep Inspirational Life Philosophy Worth Yourself

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