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More from H. L. Mencken

  1. The theory seems to be that so long as a man is a failure he is one of God's chillun, but that as soon as he has any luck he owes it to the Devil.

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  2. Jury - A group of twelve men who, having lied to the judge about their hearing, health and business engagements, have failed to fool him.

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  3. Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.

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