Henry Louis Mencken quotes
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

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Suggest Revision: The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
 

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Suggest Revision: Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.
 
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Suggest Revision: A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.
 
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Suggest Revision: 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.
 
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Suggest Revision: Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives.
 
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Suggest Revision: Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
 
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