H. L. Mencken Quotes
It is my conviction that no normal man ever fell in love, within the ordinary meaning of the term, after the age of thirty.
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Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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The love of Louis XVI for mechanical works is well known. He had a little workshop at Versailles where he amused himself making locks, assisted by Francois Gamain, to whom he was much attached and with whom he spent many hours in projecting and executing mechanical contrivances.
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I had a bit of a male menopause. It started at the age of 18 and continued until I was 45.
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I love this planet... I want to see the environment preserved and I want to see the human race preserved. And I'd like to see everybody living decently in a more equitable, kind-hearted, thoughtful, generous world.
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If a man belittles a woman, it could become a lawsuit. If women belittle men, it's a Hallmark card.
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People love to be told what they know already.
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Our family is very tight. Just like any family, we have our ups and downs, but the love is always going to be there. I try to go to my parents' house as much as I can.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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100% of Net-a-porter customers have a man in their lives in some capacity, and 59% are married or living with a partner.
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If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.
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Love, and do what you like.
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He was a man, he always performed his promises.
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I love Chicago.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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I encourage all men - and all women who love their men - to make sure to get out every year, from the age of 50 on, and have PSA and DRE tests. With early detection, you can have an early cure.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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Love is the funeral of hearts.
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A man is known by the silence he keeps.
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The idea of difficulty animates us all the time. We don’t want man to be an angel; we want him to be a hero. That is to say, a man like us, but who does extraordinary things. He jumps, yes, but in spite of the law of gravity. And everything he does is always ‘in spite of.’
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For me, it's not an option to despair. The question is: what can we do to make someone's life better? Take the unimaginable strides made in places like Bosnia, where I cut my teeth, and Rwanda. Their stories aren't perfect, but I wouldn't have dreamt they could happen in a million years.
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People still retain the errors of their childhood, their nation, and their age, long after they have accepted the truths needed to refute them.
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It is my conviction that no normal man ever fell in love, within the ordinary meaning of the term, after the age of thirty.
