Maxioms by H. L. Mencken
Under democracy, one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to read more
Under democracy, one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule -and both commonly succeed, and are right.
Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it.
Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it.
Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.
Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.
Any man who inflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.
Any man who inflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.
I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.
I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.