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H. L. Mencken

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered there is only error to be exposed.

Truth

H. L. Mencken

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.

Fear

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

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H. L. Mencken

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.

Life