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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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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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Women
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If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl. – H.L. Mencken

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Ghosts
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Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. – H.L. Mencken

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Taxes
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Sin writes histories, goodness is silent. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Table – Talk

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History

This is what I wanted. They tell me that London is the best field in history. I wanted to be part of that. Because everyone will be there it will be a wonderful challenge for me. You can see the best runners, how they look, how they run. For me to beat the best is what counts. – Haile Gebrselassie

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History

The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities. – Susan Sontag

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History

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history. – Alphonse de Lamartine

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History

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The sun shines different ways in summer and winter. We shine different ways in the seasons of our lives. – Terri Guillemets

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Id love to write something for a male protagonist. Thats sort of the next frontier for me. I think itd be really amazing to write the kind of parts that I love for women but for a guy. – Lena Dunham

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A good swordsman is not given to quarrel. – Proverb

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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. – Lord Acton

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