Quotes of H. L. Mencken

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The pedant and the priest have always been the most expert of logicians — and the most diligent disseminators of nonsense and worse.

- H. L. Mencken

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“ When I was a little girl I used to read fairy tales. In fairy tales you meet Prince Charming and he's everything you ever wanted. In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's really funny, and he makes you laugh, and he has perfect hair. ”

- Taylor Swift

“ Being positive in life it does not mean everything is going the way you want it, but it also means that when things don’t go right or your way. Then you believe ,hope and pray that they will be right and go your way. Not only that but you are making plans, decisions ,effort and action in making sure they turn right and your way. ”

- De philosopher DJ Kyos

“ As a woman, you are always empowering others and helping people out of their situations. The time has come, and the time is now, for you to take charge of your own journey. It doesn’t matter how young or how old you are. It is time for you to freefall into giving yourself a chance at love, and the first person you should fall in love with is yourself. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ I find it odd the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what they want from you. Or for as long as they perceive you are who they want you to be. But I like people for all of their changing surprises, the thoughts in their heads, the warmth that changes to cold and the cold that changes to warmth... for being human. The rawness of being human delights me. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Live every day like it’s your last. ”

- Unknown

“ I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ Are you asking me to undress, Tris?' A nervous laugh gurgles from my throat. 'Only ... partially ”

- Veronica Roth

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton

“ My mama always used to tell me: ‘If you can’t find somethin’ to live for, you best find somethin’ to die for.’ ”

- Tupac Shakur

“ Damn right you are. Tinley, you know I love you, and I want nothing but the best for you. But you are only as capable as you believe you are. I know you could do anything you want to in this world, but you have to want it and tell yourself you can actually do it. Stop second guessing yourself and let yourself live. Truly live. ”

- Alexandria Bishop

“ Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ”

- Kyle Chandler

“ Don't be pushed by your problems;be led by your dreams. Believe in you. ”

- Vasso Charalambous

“ Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can. ”

- Nicholas Sparks

“ The way you handle fear determines the results you have in life. If you are equipped with knowledge, you can overcome fear ”

- H. J. Chammas

“ The only shortcut I have found to life is to sharpen my teeth on the bones of the wise. ”

- Vic Stah Milien

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise on your lips. ”

- Kahlil Gibran

“ That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself; I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cling. ”

- Anthony de Mello

“ Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you. ”

- Chuck Klosterman

“ I don't think you can define love. ”

- Harry Styles

“ That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. ”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

“ feeling upset? look up a lover ”

- Arif Naseem