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Idea Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets…
- The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. The average man simply spends his leisure as a dog spends it.…
- It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the idea that after all God will not help him
- The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which is…
- It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for men subscribing to every sort of idea that is currently…
- No one ever heard of the truth being enforced by law. When the secular is called in to sustain an idea, whether new or old,…
- Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.
- To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
- No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
- 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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- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
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