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"A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable"

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MORE QUOTES BY H. L. Mencken

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H. L. Mencken

“It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf”

“To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as rare as to prosecute a purely moral action”

“In the duel of sex, woman fights from a dreadnought and man from an open raft.”

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“I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.”

“You've got enemies? Good. That means you actually stood up for something in your life.”

“I believe the truth is only offensive when we’re lying.”

“The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost”

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy”

“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”

“Vision without execution is just hallucination.”

“Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world”

“Sometimes you just have to ask yourself 'Am I having fun?'”

“Wake up determined. Go to bed satisfied.”