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Original Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- My guess is that well over eighty per cent. of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought..
- A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
- The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of cliches.…
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