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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
Money
H. L. Mencken

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The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
Crime and Criminals
H. L. Mencken

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The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.
Democracy
H. L. Mencken

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The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
Cynics and Cynicism
H. L. Mencken

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The lunatic fringe wags the underdog.
Eccentricity
H. L. Mencken

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

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The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.
Abuse
H. L. Mencken

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The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.
Music
H. L. Mencken

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The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.
Lies and Lying
H. L. Mencken

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The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the urge to rule it.
Power
H. L. Mencken

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Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.
Theology
H. L. Mencken

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There are two kinds of books. Those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read.
Books - Reading
H. L. Mencken

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There is no record in history of a happy philosopher.
Philosophers and Philosophy
H. L. Mencken

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Time is the great equalizer in the field of morals.
Morality
H. L. Mencken

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Time stays, we go.
Time and Time Management
H. L. Mencken

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To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia.
Love
H. L. Mencken

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We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.
Freedom
H. L. Mencken

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What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
Privilege
H. L. Mencken

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When women kiss it always reminds one of prize-fighters shaking hands.
Kisses and Kissing
H. L. Mencken

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun