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Becomes Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- The fundamental trouble with marriage is that it shakes a man's confidence in himself, and so greatly diminishes his general competence and effectiveness. His habit…
- The average man gets his living by such depressing devices that boredom becomes a sort of natural state to him.
- There is no possibility whatsoever of reconciling science and theology, at least in Christendom. Either Jesus arose from the dead or He didn't. If he…
- All of the great patriots now engaged in edging and squirming their way toward the Presidency of the Republic run true to form. That is…
- No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.
- Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
- A professional politician is a professionally dishonorable man. In order to get anywhere near high office he has to make so many compromises and submit…
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- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a… — Rowan Atkinson
- Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. — Saint Augustine
- The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. — Marcus Aurelius
- Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life. — Paul Auster
- When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery… — Teresa of Avila
- I came to the conclusion months ago, and I said it to members of Congress, that the only way people are going… — David Axelrod
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged. — Charles Babbage
- In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase… — Charles Babbage
- There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge,… — Charles Babbage
- In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats… — Michelle Bachelet