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H. L. Mencken Quotes: Women hate revolutions and revolutionists. They like men who are docile, and well-regarded at the bank, and never late at meals.
         

Women hate revolutions and revolutionists. They like men who are docile, and well-regarded at the bank, and never late at meals.


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