Lies quotes by Henry Louis Mencken

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Quotes by Henry Louis Mencken in Lies category:

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"A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. His most gaudy sayings and doings seldom deceive them; they see the actual man within, and know him for a shallow and pathetic fellow. In this fact, perhaps, lies one of the best proofs of feminine intelligence, or, as the common phrase makes it, feminine intuition."
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."
"No man ever quite believes in any other man."
"For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt."
"It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place."
"Love is the mistaken belief that one woman differs from another."
"Legend: a lie that has attained the dignity of age."