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Quote by H.L. Mencken
Historian: an unsuccessful novelist. - H.L. Mencken

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist. – H.L. Mencken

Other quotes by H.L. Mencken

A Galileo could no more be elected president of the United States than he could be elected Pope of Rome. Both high posts are reserved for men favored by God with an extraordinary genius for swathing the bitter facts of life in bandages of self-illusion. – H.L. Mencken

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Society
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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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Humorous
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A truly American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. – Grover Cleveland

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History

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk. – Rebecca West

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History

I think that both men, Bush and Blair, will be damned in history. Both men have made their respective countries the two most hated countries in the world. – George Galloway

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History

Then I despair… I remember that all through history, the way of truth and love has always won. There have been murderers and tyrants, and for a time they can seem invincible. But in the end they always fall. Think of it always. – Andre Malraux

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History

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He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. – James Gibbons Huneker

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Comics, for me, is being able to sing alone in the shower. I find it freeing. You just pick up a pen and get to it. – Shia LaBeouf

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To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and, whatever you hit, call it the target. – Patrick Toche

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