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> [It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-3/it-is-even-harder-for-the-average-ape-to-believe-that-he-has/)

[H L Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-3/)

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## More by H L Mencken

> [Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-3/love-is-the-delusion-that-one-man-or-woman-differs-from-another/)

[H L Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-3/)

> [“Character in decay is the theme of the great bulk of superior fiction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-3/character-in-decay-is-the-theme-of-the-great-bulk-of-superior-fiction/)

[H L Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-3/)

> [Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. --H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-3/love-is-like-war-easy-to-begin-but-very-hard-to-stop-h-l-mencken/)

[H L Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-3/)

> [It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-3/it-is-even-harder-for-the-average-ape-to-believe-that-he-has/)

[H L Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-3/)

> [No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-3/no-one-in-this-world-has-ever-lost-money-by-underestimating-the/)

[H L Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-3/)

> [Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-3/every-normal-man-must-be-tempted-at-times-to-spit-upon-his-hands/)

[H L Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-3/)

> [The older I grew the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-3/the-older-i-grew-the-more-i-distrust-the-familiar-doctrine-that-age/)

[H L Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-3/)

> [To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-3/to-be-in-love-is-merely-to-be-in-a-perpetual-state-of-anesthesia/)

[H L Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-3/)

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