"Before a man speaks it is always safe……" — H. L. Mencken
"Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it."
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647 Quotes by H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken has 647 quotes on this site.
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A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
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Religion deserves no more respect than a pile of garbage.
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When I die, I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever…
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People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.
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Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he…
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Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I'll walk up to God…
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The Old Testament, as everyone who has looked into it is aware, drips with blood; there is, indeed, no more…
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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt.
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To every complex question there is a simple answer and it is wrong...
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The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is…
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I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services…
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Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those…
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It is safe to be me. I love life. I am always safe and secure. I move forward in life…
— Louise Hay
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The practical man is the adventurer, the investigator, the believer in research, the asker of questions, the man who refuses…
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Our journey is not complete until all our children ... know that they are cared for and cherished and always…
— Barack Obama
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In order to reprogram the subconscious mind, you need to relax the body. Release the tension. Let the emotions go.…
— Louise Hay
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I am always safe, no matter which doorway I pass through.
— Louise Hay
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Know that you are always safe. And also know that it's possible to move from the old to the new,…
— Louise Hay
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I like that Ben & Jerry's is willing to speak out about social and political issues that aren't always safe…
— Jerry Greenfield
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Love makes you smart and strong. Smart enough to know there is nothing else that matters. Strong enough to know…
— Morgan Parker
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It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
— Charles Caleb Colton
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A ship is always safe at the shore - but that is NOT what it is built for.
— Albert Einstein
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The converse held reassuringly true: daylight was safe. Daylight was always safe.
— Neil Gaiman
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A boat is always safe in the harbor, but that's not what boats are built for.
— Katie Couric
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