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Post by willie with tan lines on Sept 14, 2017 7:57:47 GMT -8
The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. ~ HL Mencken
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Post by willie with tan lines on Sept 14, 2017 8:15:50 GMT -8
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. His most gaudy sayings and doings seldom deceive them; they see the actual man within, and know him for a shallow and pathetic fellow. In this fact, perhaps, lies one of the best proofs of feminine intelligence, or, as the common phrase makes it, feminine intuition. ~ HL Mencken
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Post by willie with tan lines on Sept 14, 2017 8:17:42 GMT -8
One of the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected. ~ HL Mencken
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Post by willie with tan lines on Sept 14, 2017 8:26:11 GMT -8
Isn't that the truth.
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. ~ HL Mencken
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Post by willie with tan lines on Sept 14, 2017 8:36:43 GMT -8
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Post by The Connoisseur on Sept 14, 2017 9:06:22 GMT -8
I totally disagree with the second statement. It is easily proven false. Out of curiosity, virtuous or Puritanical? Which part or both? Virtuous or ordinarily respectable are the terms I disagree with.
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Post by The Connoisseur on Sept 14, 2017 9:11:03 GMT -8
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. His most gaudy sayings and doings seldom deceive them; they see the actual man within, and know him for a shallow and pathetic fellow. In this fact, perhaps, lies one of the best proofs of feminine intelligence, or, as the common phrase makes it, feminine intuition.~ HL Mencken No thumbs up for you, or HL Mencken.
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Post by acptulsa on Sept 14, 2017 9:32:34 GMT -8
'It is a sin to believe evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.'--H. L. Mencken
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Post by acptulsa on Sept 14, 2017 12:57:05 GMT -8
'Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.'--H. L. Mencken
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Post by acptulsa on Sept 14, 2017 17:41:20 GMT -8
'Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.'--H. L. Mencken
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Post by acptulsa on Sept 14, 2017 18:55:56 GMT -8
'It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his income depends on his not understanding it.'--H. L. Mencken
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Post by willie with tan lines on Sept 15, 2017 6:06:49 GMT -8
“You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.” ~HL Mencken
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Post by acptulsa on Sept 15, 2017 12:20:10 GMT -8
'The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.'--H. L. Mencken
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Post by acptulsa on Sept 15, 2017 14:59:01 GMT -8
'I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.'--H. L. Mencken
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Post by willie with tan lines on Sept 15, 2017 15:19:53 GMT -8
'The most valuable of all human possessions, next to a superior and disdainful air, is the reputation of being well-to-do.'-- H. L. Mencken I dunno. I generally rank my disdainful air higher than being thought well-to-do.
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