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• To be happy one must be a) well fed, unhounded by sordid care
  at ease in Zion, b) full of a comfortable feeling of superiority to the masses of one's fellow men, and c) delicately and unceasingly amused according to one's taste....
• Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.
  -- H. L. Mencke...
• I drink every known alcoholic drink and enjoy 'em all.
  I learned early in life how to handle alcohol and never had any trouble with it....
• Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an Art.
  -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) [Having the facts is hard.]...
• After one week [visiting Austria] I couldn't wait to go back to the United States.
  Everything was much more pleasant in the United States, because of the mentality of being open-minded, always positive....
• In brief, she assumed that, being a man, I was vain to the point of imbecility, and this assumption was correct, as it always is.
  -- H. L. Mencke...
• It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. -- H. L. Mencke
• The only way for a reporter to look at a politician is down. -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)
• I was a less than serious student in college. If I had it to do over again, I would be far more serious.
  I did play a lot of golf. But I don't think that's any reflection on my ability to lead this nation....