Love is like war: easy to begin but very... by H. L. Mencken | We Heart Quotes

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Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

- H. L. Mencken

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A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

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Decency

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

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Time Government

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

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On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.

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Feeling

I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.

- H. L. Mencken

Want People

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

- H. L. Mencken

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