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Quote by H.L. Mencken
We are here and now. Further than that, all knowledge is moonshine

We are here and now. Further than that, all knowledge is moonshine. – H.L. Mencken

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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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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it. – Ella Maillart

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