Maxioms by Henry Louis Mencken
It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into read more
It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they read more
Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
