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"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
- H. L. Mencken, More quotation on Age. |
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"A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know."
- H. L. Mencken. |
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"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."
- H. L. Mencken, More quotation on Cynicism. |
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"A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers."
- H. L. Mencken, More quotation on Laws. |
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"All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it."
- H. L. Mencken, More quotation on Lies. |
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"All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else."
- H. L. Mencken. |
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"An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup."
- H. L. Mencken. |
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"Criticism is prejudice made plausible."
- H. L. Mencken, More quotation on Criticism. |
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard."
- H. L. Mencken, More quotation on Democracy. |
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"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."
- H. L. Mencken, More quotation on Government. |