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" When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands. "
H. L. Mencken
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" We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine. "
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" Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. "
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" A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them. "
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" The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. "
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" The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated. "
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" Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other's speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in. "
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" Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven. "
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" Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. "
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