“The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.”
— H. L. Mencken
Author: H. L. Mencken
Category: life
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The basic fact about human existence is
“The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.”
— H. L. Mencken
Author: H. L. Mencken
Category: war
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste
“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.”
— H. L. Mencken
Author: H. L. Mencken
Category: funny
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Love is the triumph of imagination over
“Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.”
— H. L. Mencken
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Category: intelligence
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A good politician is quite as unthinkable
“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
— H. L. Mencken
Author: H. L. Mencken
Category: good
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The older I grow the more I
“The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”
— H. L. Mencken
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Category: age
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The only really happy folk are married
“The only really happy folk are married women and single men.”
— H. L. Mencken
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Category: women
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure
“Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.”
— H. L. Mencken
Author: H. L. Mencken
Category: men
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No one in this world has ever
“No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.”
— H. L. Mencken
Author: H. L. Mencken
Category: great
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I believe that it is better to
“I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.”
— H. L. Mencken
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Category: truth
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Democracy is the theory that the common
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
— H. L. Mencken
Author: H. L. Mencken
Category: good
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