Quote by H.L. Mencken
Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the unive

Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly conceivable that He may have finished it and then turned it over to lesser gods to operate. – H.L. Mencken

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When I die I shall be content to vanish into nothingness…. No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever…. I do not believe in immortality, and have no desire for it. – H.L. Mencken

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Death
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Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. – H.L. Mencken

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In the strict scientific sense we all feed on death — even vegetarians. – Spock from Star Trek, “Wolf in the Fold”

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Destiny has two ways of crushing us — by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. – Russian Proverb

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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor. – Abe Lemons

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