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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

H. L. Mencken

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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Children Failure God Man Success Theory
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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Believe Funny Hard Man Transformation
When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
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Deep Money
There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy Difference Vote
Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Belief Freedom Ignorance Rule Wisdom
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Death Flower Funny Humor
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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Funny Justice Law Student
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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Easy Hard Love Relationship Stop War
A professional politician is a professionally dishonorable man. In order to get anywhere near high office he has to make so many compromises and submit to so many humiliations that he becomes indistinguishable from a streetwalker.
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Freedom Honor Men Order Politics
Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was founded upon love.
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Build Hate Love Religion
Socialist: A man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true.
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Believe Men Suffering True
A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to Heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
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Funny Heaven Humor Person Place
The chief difference between free capitalism and State socialism seems to be this: that under the former a man pursues his own advantage openly, frankly and honestly, whereas under the latter he does so hypocritically and under false pretenses.
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Differences Freedom Honesty Hypocrisy Men Pursue
The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality.
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Citizenship Education Learning Liberty Possible Reality Simplicity
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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Freedom Humanity Peace Rule Save War
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

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

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