Adultery is the application of democracy to love

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Adultery Quotes, Sin Quotes

Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs.

Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs.

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he...

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he...

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...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all

The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all

I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a...

I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a...

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable...

The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable...

A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after...

A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after...

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...

Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible...

Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

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...

It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents

It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

Anyone desperate enough for suicide...should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve...

Anyone desperate enough for suicide...should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve...

Suicide was against the law. Johnny had wondered why. It meant that if you missed,...

Suicide was against the law. Johnny had wondered why. It meant that if you missed,...