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H.L. Mencken Quotes

H.L. Mencken -- Quote #41

Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. -- H.L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken -- Quote #42

Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly. -- H.L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken -- Quote #43

Puritanism The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. -- H.L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken -- Quote #44

The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. -- H.L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken -- Quote #45

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. -- H.L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken -- Quote #46

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught. -- H.L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken -- Quote #47

We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine. -- H.L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken -- Quote #48

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. -- H.L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken -- Quote #49

To die for an idea it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true -- H.L. Mencken

H.L. Mencken -- Quote #50

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. -- H.L. Mencken

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