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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It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God,...

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God,...

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque...

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque...

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

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

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.

Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

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

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

Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend...

Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend...

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries...

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries...

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on...

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on...

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average...

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average...

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I...

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I...

Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born...

Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born...

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and...

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.

Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes...

There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes...

He is a self-made man, very much in love with his creator.

He is a self-made man, very much in love with his creator.

Love is an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.

Love is an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.