H. L. Mencken | wisdom
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H. L. Mencken | war
War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
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H. L. Mencken | truth
Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered there is only error to be exposed.
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H. L. Mencken | truth
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.
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H. L. Mencken | truth
Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him.
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H. L. Mencken | truth
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
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