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• Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing, they marry late
  for another thing, they die earlier. -- H. L. Mencke...
• Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an Art.
  -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) [Having the facts is hard.]...
• The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
  -- H. L. Mencke...
• Certainly one of the chief guarantees of freedom under any government, no matter how popular and respected, is the right of the citizens to keep and bear arms.
  [...] the right of the citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government and one more safeguard against a tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible....
• Immorality: The morality of those who are having a better time. -- H. L. Mencke
• The only way for a reporter to look at a politician is down. -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)
• Long ago I proposed that unsuccessful candidates for the Presidency be quietly hanged, as a matter of public sanitation and decorum.
  The sight of their grief must have a very evil effect upon the young....
• One horse laugh is worth 10,000 syllogisms. -- H. L. Mencken (1880-1956)
• All through human history, tyrannies have tried to enforce obedience by prohibiting disrespect for the symbols of their power.
  The swastika is only one example of many in recent history....