A Galileo could no more be elected president of the United States than he could be elected Pope of Rome. Both high posts are reserved for men favored by God with an extraordinary genius for swathing the bitter facts of life in bandages of self-illusion.
Quote by Henry Mencken
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The essence of a self-reliant and autonomous culture is an unshakeable egoism.
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Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
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All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
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