There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no one
ought to read.
-- H. L. Mencken
ought to read.
-- H. L. Mencken
Related:
- Immorality: The morality of those who are having a better time.
H. L.... - Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.
There has never been a really good one, and even those... - One horse laugh is worth 10,000 syllogisms.
-- H. L.
Mencken (1880... - H. L. Mencken's Law
Those who can -- do.
Those who cannot -
teach. Those who cannot teach -- administrate... - H. L. Mencken's Law:
Those who can -- do.
Those who can't -
teach. Martin's Extension: Those who cannot... - Good advice is one of those insults that ought to be
forgiven... - A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.
W. H....
From the same category:
- Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on
the geological clock.
Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient world to our... - A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that
balances are correct.
from "Manual of Maud'Dib" by the Princess... - I love treason but hate a traitor.
--
Gaius Julius... - Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.
--
Publius... - To give of yourself,
you must first know yourself...
