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H. L. Mencken

"Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed."

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"Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed."

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"The lies of centuries, the lies of love,the lies of Socrates and Blake and Christwill be your bedmates and tombstonesin a death that will never end."

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"You may lie with your mouth, but with the mouth you make as you do so you none the less tell the truth."

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"It's as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are."

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"Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth."

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"It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true."

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"Great truths can only be forgotten and can never be falsified."

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