Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence
of the improbable...A man full of faith is simply one who has lost (or
never had) the capacity for clear and realistic thought. He is not a
mere ass: he is actually ill. -- H. L. Mencken
of the improbable...A man full of faith is simply one who has lost (or
never had) the capacity for clear and realistic thought. He is not a
mere ass: he is actually ill. -- H. L. Mencken
Related:
- Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the
occurrence of the improbable.
H. L. Mencken, "Prejudices", Series... - A man may be a fool and not know it -- but not if he is married.
H. L.... - Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.
There has never been a really good one, and even those... - A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
H. L.... - The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men
he knows to be idiots.
H. L. Mencken (1880... - A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
H. L.... - When a man laughs at his misfortunes, he loses a great
many friends.
They never forgive the loss of their perogative. ... - H. L. Mencken suffers from the hallucination that he is H.
L. Mencken -- there is no cure for a disease of that...
