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Belief in our mortality, the sense that we are eventually going to crack up and be extinguished like the flame read more

Belief in our mortality, the sense that we are eventually going to crack up and be extinguished like the flame of a candle, I say, is a gloriously fine thing. It makes us sober; it makes us a little sad; and many of us it makes poetic. But above all,

by Henry Louis Mencken Found in: Mortality Quotes,
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Adultery is the application of democracy to love

Adultery is the application of democracy to love

by Henry Louis Mencken Found in: Adultery Quotes,
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Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

by Henry Louis Mencken Found in: Music Quotes,
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It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if read more

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.

by Henry Louis Mencken Found in: Lies Quotes,
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Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

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