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General 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…
- What we need in this country is a general improvement in eating. We have the best raw materials in the world, both quantitatively and qualitatively,…
- A government at bottom is nothing more than a group of men, and as a practical matter most of them are inferior men. ... Yet…
- A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be free to do so, for his death is a benefit…
- We must think of human progress, not as of something going on in the race in general, but as something going on in a small…
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- Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct. — Jane Austen
- As a former attorney general. I have the greatest respect for the criminal justice system. But it is not good at intelligence… — Kelly Ayotte
- That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it,… — Charles Babbage
- A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. — Walter Bagehot
- To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality… — Mikhail Bakunin
- The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done. — Arthur Balfour
- Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. — Honore de Balzac
- I always feel that art in general and acting in particular should make the audience a little uncomfortable, to slap them and… — Antonio Banderas
- The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it's filled with reversals. What you think may happen… — Roger Bannister