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Lives Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- Law and its instrument, government, are necessary to the peace and safety of all of us, but all of us, unless we live the lives…
- 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 of honor ever quite lives up to his code, any more than a moral man manages to avoid sin.
- The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos.…
- No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.
- Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
- The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
More Lives Quotes
- Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives. — Richard Bach
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend… — Julian Assange
- Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world,… — Chinua Achebe
- The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual dependency between… — David Attenborough
- I don't think we are going to become extinct. We're very clever and extremely resourceful - and we will find ways of… — David Attenborough
- I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones, and when… — Margaret Atwood
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions… — Saint Augustine
- He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. — Marcus Aurelius
- Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. — Marcus Aurelius