Maxioms by H. L. Mencken
The true function of art is to...edit nature and so make it coherent and lovely. The artist is a sort read more
The true function of art is to...edit nature and so make it coherent and lovely. The artist is a sort of impassioned proofreader, blue-penciling the bad spelling of God.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.
It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.
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.
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
