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

H. L. Mencken

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
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 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
A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
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Funny Justice Law Student
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.
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Beginning Fight Freedom Human Law Oppression Stop Time
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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Freedom Government Integrity Live Men Shame
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
Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted.
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Danger Democracy Freedom Scare
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
After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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Action Hell Talk
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
Change is not progress.
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Change Difference One Liner Progress
There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy Difference Vote
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
Sometimes the idiots outvote the sensible people.
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Democracy People Vote
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

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