The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His
failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.
-- H.L. Mencken
failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.
-- H.L. Mencken
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- Every man is his own hell. -- H. L.
Mencken (1880... - Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
H. L.... - Every man sees in his relatives a series of grotesque caricatures of himself.
H. L.... - Whenever 'A' attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon 'B',
'A' is most likely a scoundrel" - H. L.... - A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
H. L. Mencken (1880...
From the same category:
- All the plants in my house are dead -- I shot them last night.
I was teasing them by watering them with ice cubes... - Men trained in arms from their infancy, and animated by the love of liberty,
will afford neither a cheap or easy conquest. ... - The Bible is not my book, and Christianity is not my religion.
I could never give assent to the long, complicated... - The people of the various provinces are strictly forbidden to have in their
possession any swords,
short swords, bows, spears, firearms, or other types... - It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth
part.
Benjamin...
