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Better Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- Two simple principles lie at the bottom of the whole matter, and they may be precipitated into two rules. The first is that, when there…
- The way to deal with superstition is not to be polite to it, but to tackle it with all arms, and so rout it, cripple…
- Unionism, seldom if ever, uses such powers as it has to ensure better work; almost always it devotes a large part of that power to…
- People constantly speak of 'the government' doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the government is really nothing but…
- It seems to me that you are better off, as a writer and as an American, in a small town than you'd be in New…
- No man could bring himself to reveal his true character, and, above all, his true limitations as a citizen and a Christian, his true meannesses,…
- To the best of my knowledge and belief, the average American newspaper, even of the so-called better sort, is not only quite as bad as…
- If the American people really tire of democracy and want to make a trial of Fascism, I shall be the last person to object. But…
- The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to get out better papers.
- I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a…
- A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.
- Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
- An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
- Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.
- The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that…
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- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
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- The power of one, if fearless and focused, is formidable, but the power of many working together is better. — Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
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- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
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