...no man of genuinely superior intelligence has ever been an actor. Even supposing a young man of appreciable mental powers to be lured upon the stage, as philosophers are occasionally lured into bordellos, his mind would be inevitably and almost immediately destroyed by the gaudy nonsense issuing from his mouth every night. -H. L. Mencken

 

...no man of genuinely superior intelligence has ever been an actor. Even supposing a young man of appreciable mental powers to be lured upon the stage, as philosophers are occasionally lured into bordellos, his mind would be inevitably and almost immediately destroyed by the gaudy nonsense issuing from his mouth every night.


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The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

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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.

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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. -H. L. Mencken
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

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Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

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All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. -H. L. Mencken
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There comes a time when a man must spit on his hands, hoist the black flag and begin slitting throats.

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