H. L. Mencken Quotes

The best years are the forties; after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but in the forties he is at the maximum of his villainy.

H. L. Mencken

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• The best years are the forties; after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but in the forties he is at the maximum of his villainy.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Men
  • Years
  • Fifty