What did H. L. Mencken mean by: No sane man objects to palpable lies about him; what he objects to is damaging facts. - H. L. Mencken Copy
+ There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ No form of liberty is worth a darn [sic] which doesn’t give us the right to do wrong now and then. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Liberty, Now And Then, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ You never push a noun against a verb without trying to blow up something. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Blow, Writing, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ I roll out of my couch every morning with the more agreeable expectations. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Couches, Expectations, Morning, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ All I ask is equal freedom. When it is denied, as it always is, I take it anyhow. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Denied, Equal, Equality, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Ethics, Freedom, Simple, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Hate, Inspiration, Women, 0 - H. L. Mencken
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
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Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
