All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.

Quote by H L Mencken

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What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that...

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that...

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.

Every man is his own hell.

Every man is his own hell.

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia.

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach,...

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach,...

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined...

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined...

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.

Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.

Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no...

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.

Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from...

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from...

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes...

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes...

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool....

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool....

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together....

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together....

The thing that cracks me up is how these reality characters start out thrilled and...

The thing that cracks me up is how these reality characters start out thrilled and...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...

For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we...