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Who Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
- The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos.…
- No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she…
- Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
- An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
- A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
- A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
- I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.
- A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
- Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them.
- A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.
- I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures…
- Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
- Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.
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- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
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- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle