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H. L. Mencken

American editor

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A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

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A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it.

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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

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A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.

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