No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.

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• H. L. Mencken:

  Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

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  Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

• H. L. Mencken:

  There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.

• H. L. Mencken:

  Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

• H. L. Mencken:

  The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

• H. L. Mencken:

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• H. L. Mencken:

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• H. L. Mencken:

  The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

• H. L. Mencken:

  I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.