Henry Louis Mencken

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better read more

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of read more

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if read more

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.