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After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.

H. L. Mencken

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
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
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
After all is said and done, a hell lot of a lot more is said than done.
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Action Hell Talk
There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind.
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Difference Kind Smart Stay
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
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
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Death Flower Funny Humor
When somebody says it’s not about the money, it’s about the money.
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Deep Money
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
The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.
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Danger Government Himself Men Thinking
When fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
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Limitation Oppression Power War
Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.
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Feminism Hate Man Women
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 State doesn’t just want you to obey, it wants to make you WANT to obey.
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Government Politics Yourself
The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it.
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Death Freedom Ideal Kill Sick

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