Maxioms by Henry Louis Mencken
There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character
There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character
Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his master
Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his master
Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents
Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
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