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Quotes by H L Mencken
- War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands.
- We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.
- We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.
- We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.
- What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
- When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands.
- Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.
- Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
- Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
- Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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