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Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier. – H.L. Mencken

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If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl. – H.L. Mencken

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Ghosts
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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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Taxes
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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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Success is hard in general for most women. We now have such busy lives, and were told we can do everything – you know, we can have the relationship and the marriage and the kids and the career. – Cat Deeley

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Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate. – W. H. Auden

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Daddy was real gentle with kids. Thats why I expected so much out of marriage, figuring that all men should be steady and pleasant. – Loretta Lynn

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If I get married, I want to be very married. – Audrey Hepburn

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My faith is the grand drama of my life. Im a believer, so I sing words of God to those who have no faith. – Olivier Messiaen

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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I like photographs which leave something to the imagination. – Fay Godwin

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Meet some people who care about poetry the way you do. Youll have that readership. Keep going until you know youre doing work thats worthy. And then see what happens. Thats my advice. – Philip Levine

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