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  • The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

    H. L. Mencken
    Children, Failure, Taken

  • Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

    H. L. Mencken
    Marriage, Devil, Ransom
    A Little Book in C Major ch. 6 (1916)

  • Haste is of the devil. Slowness is of God.

    H. L. Mencken
    Devil, Haste, Slowness
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  • Born: September 12, 1880
  • Died: January 29, 1956
  • Occupation: Journalist
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