Adultery is the application of democracy to love

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Adultery Quotes, Sin Quotes

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another

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

Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was...

Evangelical Christianity, as everyone knows, is founded upon hate, as the Christianity of Christ was...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its...

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its...

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

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

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

The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist,...

The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist,...

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that...

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that...

Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief...

Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

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...

Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television...

Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television...

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected....

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected....