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

Quote by H L Mencken

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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.

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

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

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

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.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

Every man is his own hell.

Every man is his own hell.

I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia -...

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia -...

A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good...

A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good...

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the...

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the...

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of...

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of...

One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of...

One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of...

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...

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...

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 politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both...

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both...

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

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