H. L. Mencken
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A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
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A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.
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Husbands never become good they merely become proficient.