Man makes love by braggadocio, and woman makes love by listening.

H. L. Mencken
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Man makes love by braggadocio, and woman makes love by listening.
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I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.
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To the extent that I am genuinely educated, I am suspicious of all the things that the average citizen believes and the average pedagogue teaches. ✨ H.L. Mencken's Smart Set Criticism.

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