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H. L. Mencken Quotes
	Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. H. L. Mencken Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
	Type: Writer Quotes Category: American Writer Quotes Date of Birth: September 12, 1880 Date of Death: January 29, 1956 Nationality: American Amazon: H. L. Mencken on Amazon	Related Authors: Elbert Hubbard Eric Hoffer H. L. Mencken Marilyn vos Savant Mason Cooley Oliver Wendell Holmes Bill James Jeff Long
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Quote Keywords: Belief, Briefly, Defined, Faith, Illogical, Improbable, May, Occurrence	Dictionary Links: Belief, Briefly, Defined, Faith, Illogical, Improbable, May, Occurrence

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