A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.

Quote by H L Mencken

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If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please...

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please...

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.

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.

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry...

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry...

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach,...

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach,...

Life is a dead-end street.

Life is a dead-end street.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough...

I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough...

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another.

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to...

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to...

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag...

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag...

Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.

Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is...

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is...

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

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

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

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.