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H. L. Mencken

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
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Forever Freedom Hate Honesty Myself Strong
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
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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Leadership Men Priviledge Right Value
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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Election Liberty Material Politics
A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
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Fools Funny Himself Man Marriage
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
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Freedom Gratitude Myself Thankful World
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
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Easy Hard Love Relationship Stop War
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
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
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Argument Crime Funny Humor Kind Poor
There is no idea so stupid that you can’t find a professor who will believe it.
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Believe Ideas Stupidity Teaching Yourself
There are two impossibilities in life: “just one drink” and “an honest politician.”
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Honesty Impossible Life Politics
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.
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Democracy Freedom Right Rule Success War
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
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
Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.
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Dignity Human Race
After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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