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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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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I love the Bee Gees, but only the pre-disco stuff. From '64 to '69, I've got all their albums.
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I'm the sort of person who needs a big mountain in front of me to climb.
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It sparkles in the dim light of the room, and when he shakes it out, dust mingles with glitter.
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There is only one condition in which we can imagine managers not needing subordinates, and masters not needing slaves. This condition would be that each inanimate instrument could do its own work.
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This happened near the core Of a world's culture. This Occurred among higher things. This was a philosophical conclusion. Everybody gets what he deserves. The bare drab rubble of the place. The dull damp stone. The rain. The emptiness. The human lack.
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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.