H. L. Mencken Quotes

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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
- H.L. Mencken

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Anyhow, the hole in the dough nut is at least digestible.
- H.L. Mencken

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Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
- H. L. Mencken

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It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
- H.L. Mencken

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The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animal.
- H.L. Mencken

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The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
- H. L. Mencken

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One who is sorry she did it, but would undoubtedly do it again.
- H.L. Mencken

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