Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. –

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Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. –

-- H. L. Mencken

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All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose. They never defend anyone or anything if they can help it; if the job is forced on them, they tackle it by denouncing someone or something else.

-- H. L. Mencken

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Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.

-- H. L. Mencken

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-- H. L. Mencken

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Magic or religion: it is all one.

-- H. L. Mencken

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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.

-- H. L. Mencken

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