Quote by H.L. Mencken
Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age. - H.L. Mencken

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age. – H.L. Mencken

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It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. – H.L. Mencken

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It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin. – H.L. Mencken

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The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way to lose him is to keep him a little more jealous. – H.L. Mencken

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I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments. – Friedrich August von Hayek

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There arent just bad people that commit genocide we are all capable of it. Its our evolutionary history. – James Lovelock

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To this wonderful page in our countrys history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters. – Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Im the fourth generation to be in show business. Its pretty neat its nice to have that family history. – Rachel Bilson

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It is not the bodys posture, but the hearts attitude that counts when we pray. – Billy Graham

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Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians. – Theodore C. Sorensen

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Some Marines made fun of the fact that I had done plays and studied poetry, but then I won the award for physical training. – David Hunt

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I married beneath me — all women do. – Nancy Astor, speech, Oldham, England, 1951

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