H.L. Mencken Quotes


	H.L. Mencken Quotes

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7-18-2009 4:55 PM

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7-18-2009 4:57 PM

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Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.
H. L. Mencken

7-18-2009 10:22 PM

chestnut501

7-19-2009 1:25 PM

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7-22-2009 2:54 PM

abailart

You can't comfort the afflcted without inflicting the comfotrable.

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