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Immorality: The morality of those who are having a better time. – H.L. Mencken

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In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. – H.L. Mencken

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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. – H.L. Mencken

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No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not. – H.L. Mencken

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All religions issue bibles against him, and say most injurious things about him, but we never hear his side. – Mark Twain, about the Devil

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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. – Philippine Proverb

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The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. – Søren Kierkegaard

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