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Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), better known as H. L. Mencken, was a twentieth-century journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and freethinker, known as the "Sage of Baltimore" and the "American Nietzsche". He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th century. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

"The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt."

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"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."

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"Don't overestimate the decency of the human race."

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"The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy."

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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what They want, and deserve to get it good and hard."

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"Democracy is also a form of religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses."

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"I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing."

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"Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt."

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