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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing they were dead and in heaven, and that their neighbors were dead and in hell.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
The cosmos is a gigantic flywheel making 10,000 revolutions per minute. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Alimony: the ransom the happy pay to the devil.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Immortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn't believe he is dead.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

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