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H. L. Mencken Quotes

H. L. Mencken quotes about believe

American Writer September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956

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Race relations never improve in war time; they always worsen. And it is when the boys come home the Ku Klux Klans are organized. I believe with George Schuyler that the only really feasible way to improve the general situation of the American Negro is to convince more and more whites that he is, as men go in this world, a decent fellow, and that amicable living with him is not only possible but desirable. Every threat of mass political pressure, every appeal to political mountebanks, only... H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal..."
If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish. H. L. Mencken
School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, brutal violations of common sense and common decency. It doesn't take a reasonably bright boy long to discover that most of what is rammed into him is nonsense, and that no one really cares very much whether he learns it or not. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to..."
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. H. L. Mencken
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you..."
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
H. L. Mencken quote: "The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in..."
The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in..."
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Believing passionately in the palpably not true... is the..."
Believing passionately in the palpably not true... is the chief occupation of mankind. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "I am suspicious of all the things that the average people..."
I am suspicious of all the things that the average people believes. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the..."
Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has..."
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe..."
Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Immortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn’t believe..."
Immortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn’t believe he is dead. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe..."
No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man. H. L. Mencken

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