Quote #16426
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a...
Category Archives: H. L. Mencken
Quote #16442
It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
Quote #16458
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings...
Quote #16411
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual...
Quote #16427
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than...
Quote #16443
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Quote #16459
To die for an idea it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it...
Quote #16412
The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail if it...
Quote #16428
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve...
Quote #16444
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended...