Tag: H. L. Mencken
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A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
H. L. Mencken
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If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl.
H. L. Mencken
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It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.
H. L. Mencken
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A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
H. L. Mencken
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
H. L. Mencken
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Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race.
H. L. Mencken
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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.
H. L. Mencken
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Time stays, we go.
H. L. Mencken
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No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
H. L. Mencken
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
H. L. Mencken