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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

H. L. Mencken

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Death Flower Funny Humor
Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.
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Dignity Human Race
The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
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Himself Men Oneself
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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Easy Hard Love Relationship Stop War
There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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Honesty Impossible Life Politics
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
The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the obvious and wonderful.
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Education Knowledge Simplicity Teaching Wonderful
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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Leadership Men Priviledge Right Value
Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Deep Freedom Liberty People Security
On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.
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Funny Issues Man Trust Women
After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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Action Hell Talk
Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
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Believe Men Suffering True
There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy Difference Vote
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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Election Liberty Material Politics
Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
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Atheist Moral Motivational Religion Right
No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are dedicated wholeheartedly to waste and corruption. They are the enemies of every decent man.
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Corruption Dedication Enemy Himself Man Politics Professional Waste

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