"Judge: a law student who marks his own…" — H. L. Mencken
"Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers."
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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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More Examination Quotes
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one of 310 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel…
— Margaret Atwood
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As president, I will fight illegal immigration in order to preserve an appropriate level of legal immigration. At the same…
— Bob Dole
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In religion and politics, people's belief's and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination
— Mark Twain
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Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which…
— James A. Baldwin
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It's too easy only to blame the militarists, racists, sexists and other pushers of violence for the mess we're in.…
— Colman McCarthy
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And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you…
— Unknown Author
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Be patient and sympathetic with the type of mind that cuts a poor figure in examinations. It may, in the…
— William James
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Whatever your (unfavorable) situation is, it is a good idea to ask yourself "WHAT YOU WOULD DO if you were…
— Seth Roberts
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I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nurse weighed me,…
— Dave Barry
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I think that most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be. We really need…
— William J. Clinton
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There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds…
— Salman Rushdie
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Creativity requires introspection, self-examination, and a willingness to take risks. Because of this, artists are perhaps more susceptible to self-doubt…
— Eric Maisel
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