"There are men so philosophical that they can……" — H. L. Mencken
"There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor."
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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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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
— Aristotle
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Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
— Aristotle
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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
— Aristotle
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Wit is educated insolence.
— Aristotle
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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
— Aristotle
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The secret to humor is surprise.
— Aristotle
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The gods too are fond of a joke.
— Aristotle
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One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about…
— J. J. Abrams
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
— Isaac Asimov
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The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'
— Isaac Asimov
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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
— Francis of Assisi
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The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
— Jane Austen
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