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  • Some time ago a publisher told me that there are four kinds of books that seldom, if ever, lose money in the United States--first,murder stories; secondly, novels in which the heroine is forcibly overcome by the hero; thirdly, volumes on spiritualism, occultism and other such claptrap, and fourthly, books on Lincoln.

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    H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.221, Vintage

  • It is the natural tendency of the ignorant to believe what is not true. In order to overcome that tendency it is not sufficient to exhibit the true; it is also necessary to expose and denounce the false.

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    Believe  
    "The American Mercury" Magazine, May 1926.

  • I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking.

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    Believe  
    "What I Believe". "The Forum", 84, (p. 139), September 1930.

  • Happiness is peace after strife, the overcoming of difficulties, the feeling of security and well-being. The only really happy folk are married women and single men.

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    Men  
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H. L. Mencken

  • Born: September 12, 1880
  • Died: January 29, 1956
  • Occupation: Journalist
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