The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras holds out to sailors: they are enormously dangerous and hence enormously fascinating.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter...

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter...

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia -...

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia -...

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected...

Democracy is based upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

Why haven't women got labels on their foreheads saying, Danger: Government Health Warning: Women can...

Why haven't women got labels on their foreheads saying, Danger: Government Health Warning: Women can...

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think...

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think...

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes...

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes...

Adultery is the application of democracy to love

Adultery is the application of democracy to love

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one...

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one...

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both...

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both...

It is simply untrue that all our institutions are evil,... that all politicians are mere...

It is simply untrue that all our institutions are evil,... that all politicians are mere...

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them...

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them...