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Witty Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
- Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
- Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
- It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
- The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
- Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
- The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
More Witty Quotes
- Under every stone lurks a politician. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Wit is educated insolence. — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. — Aristotle
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- If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
- Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
- One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. — Jane Austen
- Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. — Richard Bach
- If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner. — Tallulah Bankhead