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Simply Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
- The idea that leisure is of value in itself is only conditionally true. The average man simply spends his leisure as a dog spends it.…
- Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.... A man full of faith is simply one who has…
- The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports the…
- By profession a biologist, [Thomas Henry Huxley] covered in fact the whole field of the exact sciences, and then bulged through its four fences. Absolutely…
- [The] erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken…
- Once a woman passes a certain point in intelligence, it is almost impossible to get a husband: she simply cannot go on listening [to men]…
- The truth is that the scientific value of Polar exploration is greatly exaggerated. The thing that takes men on such hazardous trips is really not…
- There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. People who have many such hours are simply animals waiting docilely for death.…
- And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring…
- When we appropriate money from the public funds to pay for vaccinating a horde of negroes, we do not do it because we have any…
- The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.
- Women decide the larger questions of life correctly and quickly, not because they are lucky guessers, not because they are divinely inspired, not because they…
- 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…
- Is it hot in the rolling mill? Are the hours long? Is $15 a day not enough? Then escape is easy. Simply throw up your…
- I am against slavery simply because I dislike slaves.
- All of the American's foreign wars have been fought with foes either too weak to resist them or too heavily engaged elsewhere to make more…
- A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.
- Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it to the test of fighting.
- I have often argued that a poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child. I begin to suspect that there may be…
- The Christian always swears a bloody oath that he will never do it again. The civilized man simply resolves to be a bit more careful…
- A woman wishes to mother a man simply because she sees into his helplessness, his need of an amiable environment, his touching self-delusion.
- The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to get out better papers.
- The art of politics, under democracy, is simply the art of ringing it. Two branches reveal themselves. There is the art of the demagogue, and…
- Honor is simply the morality of superior men.
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- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale
- In a land of immigrants, one was not an alien but simply the latest arrival. — Rudolf Arnheim
- Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. — Matthew Arnold
- Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. — Isaac Asimov
- Reality simply consists of different points of view. — Margaret Atwood
- I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people scolded me… — Margaret Atwood
- I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel isn't simply… — Margaret Atwood
- No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more. — Saint Augustine
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to… — Paul Auster
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila
- Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the… — Sai Baba