Quote by H.L. Mencken
The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy,

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

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No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single. – H.L. Mencken

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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. – H.L. Mencken

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If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. – Meister Eckhart

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What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. – Charles Dudley Warner, My Summer in a Garden, 1871

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There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco. Yet alcohol and tobacco are recognizable poisons, so that their consumption has only to be carried far enough to destroy civilization altogether. – Havelock Ellis

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