I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

Quote by H L Mencken

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I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because...

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because...

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...

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

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

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be...

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be...

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms...

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms...

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

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.

Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than...

Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than...

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a...

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a...

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

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...

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know...

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know...

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

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 hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums...

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums...

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.