Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
H.L. Mencken in A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
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Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
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Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.
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Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
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The first kiss is stolen by the man; the last is begged by the woman.
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Wife: one who is sorry she did it, but would undoubtedly do it again.
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A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.
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When women kiss, it always reminds me of prizefighters shaking hands.
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When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands.
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Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly.
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