Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: First Love Quotes

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 -...

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown,...

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown,...

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Living with a dog is messy - like living with an idealist

Living with a dog is messy - like living with an idealist

Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit -...

Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit -...

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it...

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste

Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop

Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

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...

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics,...

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics,...

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.