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The men the American public admire

The men the American public admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth

H. L. Mencken

 

You can’t say that civilization don’t advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way

You can’t say that civilization don’t advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way

Will Rogers

Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule

Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule

Friedrich Nietzsche

Men, it has been well said, think in herds

Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one

Charles Mackay

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking

Thomas A. Edison