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Longer Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in…
- Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief in Thirteenth Century ideas
- Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are…
- The legislature, like the executive, has ceased to be even the creature of the people: it is the creature of pressure groups, and most of…
- Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of…
- Government today is growing too strong to be safe. There are no longer any citizens in the world there are only subjects. They work day…
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- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. — Saint Augustine
- To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer. — Gaston Bachelard
- I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in… — Douglas Bader
- You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens. — David Bailey
- I do love shoes that make my legs longer. I have the upper body of someone who's 5ft 8in, so high heels… — Amy Adams
- Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. — Russell Baker
- American history is longer, larger, more various, more beautiful, and more terrible than anything anyone has ever said about it. — James A. Baldwin
- Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense… — Stanley Baldwin
- If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason. — Alan Ball
- Electronic aids, particularly domestic computers, will help the inner migration, the opting out of reality. Reality is no longer going to be… — J. G. Ballard