#th

I've got tooth marks on my heart. ↗

— Mike Melville

#heart #i #marks #tooth

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor. ↗

— Menander

#all things #despair #diligence #diligently #labor

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado. ↗

— Menander

#bravery #choice #thy

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil. ↗

— Menander

#face #marriage #necessary #necessary evil #truth

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others. ↗

— Mencius

#duty #every #oneself #others #root

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#common #common sense #decency #everything #favor

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#black #every #flag #hands #his

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#collective #democracy #ignorance #individual #pathetic

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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