Henry Louis Mencken ( 8 of 38 )
I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in read more
I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.
For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.
Going to school does not make a person educated, any more than going to a garage makes a person a read more
Going to school does not make a person educated, any more than going to a garage makes a person a car
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics read more
The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all
The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all
Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents
Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents
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
