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This World Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- The time must come inevitably when mankind shall surmount the imbecility of religion, as it has surmounted the imbecility of religion's ally, magic. It is…
- Women have a hard enough time in this world: telling them the truth would be too cruel.
- The double standard of morality will survive in this world so long as the woman whose husband has been lured away is favoured with the…
- In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a…
- Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
- What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
- No one in this world, so far as I know - and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me…
- Equality before the law is probably forever unattainable. It is a noble ideal, but it can never be realized, for what men value in this…
More This World Quotes
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about… — Karen Armstrong
- Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact their escape. — Antonin Artaud
- You can have anything in this world you want, if you want it badly enough and you're willing to pay the price. — Mary Kay Ash
- I have a big following among the biogeeks of this world. Nobody ever puts them in books. — Margaret Atwood
- The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling? — Saint Augustine
- This world's a bubble. — Saint Augustine
- Discontent with this world gives such a painful longing to quit it that, if the heart finds comfort, it is solely from… — Teresa of Avila
- I was living an extremely burdensome life, because every time I prayed, I became more clearly aware of my faults. On the… — Teresa of Avila
- Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. — Lord Acton
- I think one of the most pervasive evils in this world is greed and acquiring money for money's sake. Once you have… — Kevin Bacon
- For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. — Roger Bacon