Showing posts with label h. l. mencken. Show all posts
Showing posts with label h. l. mencken. Show all posts
December 28, 2011
The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe. ~ H. L. Mencken
September 18, 2011
Democracy is only a dream; it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven. ~ H. L. Mencken
May 06, 2011
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. ~ Joseph Conrad
April 25, 2011
Why assume so glibly that the God who presumably created the universe is still running it? It is certainly perfectly conceivable that He may have finished it and then turned it over to lesser gods to operate. In the same way many human institutions are turned over to grossly inferior men. This is true, for example, of most universities, and of all great newspapers. ~ H. L. Mencken
February 07, 2010
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. ~ H. L. Mencken
January 02, 2011
The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians. ~ H. L. Menken
December 20, 2010
It is inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favour of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. ~ H. L. Mencken
August 22, 2010
For every problem, there is one solution which is simple, neat, and wrong. ~ H. L. Mencken
August 17, 2010
Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. ~ H. L. Mencken
June 13, 2010
A cynic is a man who, when he smells the flowers, looks around for a coffin. ~ H. L. Mencken
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