"Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him."
h l mencken
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"The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers had, and all their disgust of emotion, and pride in self- reliance. He is led no longer by Davy Crocketts; he is led by cheer leaders, press agents, word mongers, uplifters."
h l mencken
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"The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated."
h l mencken
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"It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place."
h l mencken
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"The fact that I have no remedy for the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports the strong possibility that yours is a fake."
h l mencken
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"The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught."
h l mencken
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"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
