 |
|
 |
 |
 |
H L Mencken
The truth is...
The truth is that the average schoolmaster, on all the lower levels, is and always must be essentially and next door...
Here, indeed, was...
Here, indeed, was his one really notable talent. He slept more than any other President, whether by day or by night. ....
A professor must...
A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
Source: Quoted by Geoffrey...
The aim of...
The aim of medicine is surely not to make men virtuous; it is to safeguard and rescue them from the consequences of...
It is impossible...
It is impossible to think of a man of any actual force and originality, universally recognized as having those...
Women have simple...
Women have simple tastes. They can get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in...
Opera in English,...
Opera in English, is about as sensible as baseball in Italian.
Source: The Frank...
Love is the...
Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.
Source: Recalled on his...
Sin is a...
Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to...
The men the...
The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently...