"College football is a game which would be……" — H. L. Mencken
"College football is a game which would be much more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students, and even more interesting if the trustees played. There would be a great increase in broken arms, legs, and necks, and simultaneously an appreciable diminution in the loss to humanity."
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647 Quotes by H. L. Mencken
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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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Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt.
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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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