I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk. H. L. Mencken Read Quote
Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. H. L. Mencken Read Quote
The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil. H. L. Mencken Read Quote
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. H. L. Mencken Read Quote
Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner’s inquest. H. L. Mencken Read Quote
Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago. H. L. Mencken Read Quote
One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring. H. L. Mencken Read Quote
