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The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.

The central belief of every moron is that he is the victim of a mysterious conspiracy against his common rights and true deserts.

H. L. Mencken
Rights, Desert, Belief
"A Second Mencken Chrestomathy (Varieties of Envy)". Book by H. L. Mencken, 1995.

Friendship is a common belief in the same fallacies, mountebanks and hobgoblins.

H. L. Mencken
Friendship, Belief, Common
H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.616, Vintage

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.... A man full of faith is simply one who has lost (or never had) the capacity for clear and realistic thought. He is not a mere ass: he is actually ill.

H. L. Mencken
Men, May, Belief
H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.11, Vintage

To the best of my knowledge and belief, the average American newspaper, even of the so-called better sort, is not only quite as bad as Upton Sinclair says it is, but 10 times worse, 10 times as ignorant, 10 times as unfair and tyrannical, 10 times as complaisant and pusillanimous, and 10 times as devious, hypocritical, disingenuous, deceitful, pharisaical, Pecksniffian, fraudulent, slippery, unscrupulous, perfidious, lewd and dishonest.

H. L. Mencken
Average, Ignorant, Belief

The only really respectable Protestants are the fundamentalists. Unfortunately, they are also palpable idiots.

H. L. Mencken
Superstitions, Belief, Idiot
H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.121, Knopf

Hope: A pathological belief in the occurrence of the impossible.

H. L. Mencken
Perseverance, Belief, Impossible
H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.617, Vintage

Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief in Thirteenth Century ideas

H. L. Mencken
Ideas, Belief, Politician

To the best of my knowledge and belief, the average American newspaper, even of the so-called better sort, is not only quite as bad as Upton Sinclair says it is, but 10 times worse

H. L. Mencken
Media, Average, Belief

After all, why be good? How many will actually believe it of us?

H. L. Mencken
Believe, Belief, Be Good

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