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

Quote by H L Mencken

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A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a...

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a...

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

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

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were...

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than...

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than...

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

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...

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

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

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms...

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms...

Every man is his own hell.

Every man is his own hell.

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined...

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined...

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...

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.