"It is only doubt that creates. It is……" — H. L. Mencken

"It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts."

— H. L. Mencken

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647 Quotes by H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken has 647 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
Religion deserves no more respect than a pile of garbage.
When I die, I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever…
People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.
Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he…
Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I'll walk up to God…
The Old Testament, as everyone who has looked into it is aware, drips with blood; there is, indeed, no more…
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt.
To every complex question there is a simple answer and it is wrong...
The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is…
I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services…
Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those…

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More Counts Quotes

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Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. — Henry Adams
Nobody counts the number of ads you run; they just remember the impression you make. — William Bernbach
If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. — Ritchie Blackmore
All that counts in life is intention. — Andrea Bocelli
I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that… — Alain de Botton
Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action. — Constantin Brancusi
I don't normally vote. I'm lazy and I never bought into the 'Every vote counts.' — Adam Carolla
Life is filigree work. What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that counts. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. — Winston Churchill
Showing up is not all of life - but it counts for a lot. — Hillary Clinton
To have a positive religion is not necessary. To be in harmony with yourself and the universe is what counts,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The quality of your play never counts as much as the quality of your effort. — Bud Wilkinson

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