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Must Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
- We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is…
- We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.
- Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and that 99 % of them are wrong.
- Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.
- Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.
- A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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