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Full Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
- Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.... A man full of faith is simply one who has…
- What is too often forgotten is that nature obviously intends the botched to die, and that every interference with that benign process is full of…
- All the political seers and sorcerers seem to be agreed that the coming Presidential campaign will be full of bitterness, and that most of it…
- To be happy one must be (a) well fed, unhounded by sordid cares, at ease in Zion, (b) full of a comfortable feeling of superiority…
- My belief in free speech is so profound that I am seldom tempted to deny it to the other fellow. Nor do I make any…
- It is often argued that religion is valuable because it makes men good, but even if this were true it would not be a proof…
- School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances,…
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