"Time is the great legalizer, even in the…" — Henry Louis Mencken
"Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals."
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Henry Louis Mencken
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58 Quotes by Henry Louis Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken has 58 quotes on this site.
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Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator, and not infrequently they actually…
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Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his first love, and just after…
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Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another
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The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading part in a prosecution which…
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Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to be unqualifiedly ratty, raffish, sordid,…
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To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young…
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The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics…
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Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those…
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I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war on liberty, and that the…
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The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think things out for himself, without…
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The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always the kind of man whose…
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Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.
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On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is…
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I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm standing on grass, and…
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To achieve some depth in your field requires a lot of sacrifices. Want to or not, you're thinking about what…
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My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good…
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The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was Ben Hur. We watched…
— Roberto Benigni
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Muhammadan law in its relation to women, is a pattern to European law. Look back to the history of Islam,…
— Annie Besant
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But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.
— Theodore Bikel
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An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.
— Niels Bohr
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I was playing cricket first and my cricket coach was the one that introduced me to track and field.
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When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.
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To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a…
— Edward de Bono
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The people in the villages had turned in on themselves. You can understand it. When you have a bad day…
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