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Nearly Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- The curse of man, and the cause of nearly all his woe, is his stupendous capacity for believing the incredible.
- It is the mission of the pedagogue, not to make his pupils think, but to make them think right, and the more nearly his own…
- The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same…
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- Two things scare me. The first is getting hurt. But that's not nearly as scary as the second, which is losing. — Lance Armstrong
- The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions. — Charles Babbage
- The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by 2 million. — Joe Baca
- It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the independent mind. — James A. Baldwin
- I think that age as a number is not nearly as important as health. You can be in poor health and be… — Bob Barker
- Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects. — Dave Barry
- The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck. — Lynda Barry
- Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility. — Charles Baudelaire
- The Book of Mormon offers so much that broadens our understandings of the doctrines of salvation. Without it, much of what is… — Ezra Taft Benson
- The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and… — Annie Besant
- Nearly two weeks have passed since Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast, and while we are still dealing with the… — Jo Bonner
- When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with… — Niels Bohr