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- Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly. Costly
- Off goes the head of the king, and tyranny gives way to freedom. The change seems abysmal. Then, bit by bit, the face of freedom… Abysmal
- The best teacher of children, in brief, is one who is essentially childlike. Best
- Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right. Atheism
- I know a good many men of great learning-that is, men born with an extraordinary eagerness and capacity to acquire knowledge. One and all, they… Accomplish
- The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. Demagogue
- I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men. Agree
- When I hear a man applauded by the mob I always feel a pang of pity for him. All he has to do to be… All
- Science is unflinchingly deterministic, and it has begun to force its determinism into morals. On some shining tomorrow a psychoanalyst may be put into the… Along
- God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. Afraid
- Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution? Funny
- It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man. Ape
- Time stays, we go. Go
- For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. Been
- Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers. Examination
- Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. Ape
- To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia. Anesthesia
- Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another. Delusion
- No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever… Anyone
- Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. --H. L. Mencken Begin
- The older I grew the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. Age
- Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throat. Begin
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