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Quote by H.L. Mencken
Injustice is relatively easy to bear; it is justice that hurts. -

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; it is justice that hurts. – H.L. Mencken

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Taxation, for example, is eternally lively; it concerns nine-tenths of us more directly than either smallpox or golf, and has just as much drama in it; moreover, it has been mellowed and made gay by as many gaudy, preposterous theories. – H.L. Mencken

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