Maxioms by Henry Louis Mencken
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
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
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
A man always blames the woman who fools him. In the same way he blames the door he walks into read more
A man always blames the woman who fools him. In the same way he blames the door he walks into in the dark.
There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man read more
There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for happiness
