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

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Source : H. L. Mencken, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (2010). “H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series”, Hubsta Ltd

H. L. Mencken

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“I'm no f****** talking to you. He's a f****** great player. Yous are f******* idiots.”
“Fish and guests in three days are stale.”

Source : John Lyly (1916). “Euphues”
“I used to dream. I used to glance beyond the stars. Now I don't know where we are Although I know we've drifted far!”
“Imagination without initiative would more properly be called idle daydreaming.”

Source : James K. Van Fleet (1987). “Hidden Power: How to Unleash the Power of Your Subconscious Mind”, p.36, Penguin
“If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his enemies.”

Source : "Best Speech; Faithful, Even in Death" by William Safire, www.nytimes.com. April 18, 1999.
“We have, of course, long since ceased to think of Nature as the sympathetic mirror of our moods, or to imagine that she has any concern with the temporal affairs of man.”
“The topdog may win the game of force. But not the moral issue - and when that dawns upon him and his allies, change of consciousness sets in, and demoralization starts thawing the frozen heart. The game is over.”

Source : Johan Galtung, Carl G. Jacobsen, Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen (2002). “Searching for peace: the road to TRANSCEND”, Pluto Pr
“I've been running since high school. My boyfriend was on the track team, and I'd run with him.”

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