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Democracy is also a form of religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses.
Democracy
H. L. Mencken

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I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.
Action
H. L. Mencken

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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
Humankind
H. L. Mencken

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Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago.
Men and Women
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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When women kiss it always reminds one of prize-fighters shaking hands.
Kisses and Kissing
H. L. Mencken

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Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.
Beauty
George B. Mere

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We may live without friends; we may live without books. But civilized men cannot live without cooks.
Crime and Criminals
Owen Meredith

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Friends are like melons; shall I tell you why? To find one good you must one hundred try.
Friends and Friendship
Claude Mermet

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The best way to conquer stage fright is to know what you're talking about.
Speakers and Speaking
Micheal Mescon

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The men who make history have not time to write it.
History and Historians
Klemens Von Metternich

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He who strikes first, strikes twice.
Action
Mexican Proverb

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Find out what's keeping them up nights and offer hope. Your theme must be an answer to their fears.
Speakers and Speaking
Gerald C. Meyers

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If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.
Mastery
Michelangelo

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He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
Poverty and The Poor
Jules Michelet

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I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
Popularity
Bette Midler

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Many candles can be kindled from one candle without diminishing it.
Teams and Teamwork
Midrash

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Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
Happiness
John Stuart Mill

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That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.
Individuality
John Stuart Mill

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A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public with his pants down.
Books - Reading
Edna St. Vincent Millay

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April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.
Seasons
Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Nobody that matters, that is.
Childhood
Edna St. Vincent Millay

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I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.
Infatuation
Edna St. Vincent Millay

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It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.
Law and Lawyers
Cecil B. De Mille

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