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H. L. Mencken Quotes

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

H. L. Mencken

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956

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Man Honor Moral Difference Regrets

I read more than I do anything else, probably. I read about three books a week.

Jodie Foster

Week Three More Anything Books Than

Being a champion is not just being a frontrunner and being ahead, but it's facing adversity.

Andre Ward

Adversity Champion Ahead Being Just

The good critic is he who relates the adventures of his soul among masterpieces.

Anatole France

Good Soul Critic Who Adventures He

Too many young people graduate laden with debts that take years, if not decades, to pay off.

Robert Reich

People Young Years Young People Pay

No-one is forced to stand for Parliament; no-one is compelled to become a minister. If you take on those roles, which are great privileges, you also take on big responsibilities.

Michael Gove

Great Stand You Become Big Take

What I'm trying to do is teach people how to actually get individuals in organizations to do the kinds of things to make a difference. It starts with not just studying the mechanics but really understanding how people operate.

Stanley A. McChrystal

People Make A Difference Understanding

You have to take springtime on its own terms in the Ozarks: there is no other way. It can't be predicted. It is unsteady, full of promise, promise that is sometimes broken. It is also bawdy, irrepressible, excessive, fecund, willful.

Sue Hubbell

Broken You Sometimes Way Own Take

Values unrelated to modern reality are not just electorally hopeless, the values themselves become devalued. They have no purchase on the real world.

Tony Blair

World Reality Values Hopeless Become

People who don't normally read make an exception for my books, possibly because they're short.

Mitch Albom

People Short Because Books Who Read

I lost 100 pounds and embraced theater and music as what I was going to make for the rest of my life.

Josh Young

Life Music Rest My Life Lost Going

No one cares how valuable your product is if its addressable market is small. The key isn't so much the number of users as it is the dollar size of the market.

Jose Ferreira

Small Key Product Size Dollar Your

It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking.

David Suzuki

Water Environmental Pressure Problem