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Famous Quotes By H. L. Mencken

Famous quotes by the American editor, critic, biographer, and satirist Henry Louis Mencken. He was born in Baltymore, Maryland, USA on September 12, 1880. H. L. Mencken became known as 'the sage of Baltimore'. His best book was 'The American Language'. He died on January 29, 1956.

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Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very few of them are worth reading.

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.

It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.

In the United States, doing good has come to be, like patriotism, a favourite device of persons with something to sell.

In the main, there are two sorts of books: those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read.

Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.

A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.

Wife: a former sweetheart.

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The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

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