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On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.

H. L. Mencken

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
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
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
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Anger Black Funny Hands Time
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Death Flower Funny Humor
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
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
Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
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Fear God Happiness
All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.
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Government Himself Men Oppression
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
There’s really no point to voting. If it made any difference, it would probably be illegal.
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Democracy Difference Vote
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
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
The final test of truth is ridicule. Very few dogmas have ever faced it and survived.
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Face Survive Truth
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
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

On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.

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