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H. L. Mencken Quotes

H. L. Mencken quotes about respect

American Writer September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956

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We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart. H. L. Mencken
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. H. L. Mencken
One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected. …[This] convention protects them, and so they proceed with their blather unwhipped and almost unmolested, to the great damage of common sense and common decency. that they should have this immunity is an outrage. There is nothing in religious ideas, as a class, to lift them above other ideas. On the contrary, they are always dubious and often quite silly.... H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom..."
The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. H. L. Mencken

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