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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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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

by Henry Louis Mencken Found in: Taste Quotes,
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Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his master

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his master

by Henry Louis Mencken Found in: Socialism Quotes,
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Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they read more

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

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Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

by Henry Louis Mencken Found in: Remorse Quotes,
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