If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.

Quote by H L Mencken

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I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because...

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because...

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

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.

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

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

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

Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.

Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.

Life is a dead-end street.

Life is a dead-end street.

Time stays, we go.

Time stays, we go.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.

Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries...

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries...

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know...

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know...

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...

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea...

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea...

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what sting is justice.

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what sting is justice.

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at...

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at...

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe...

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe...

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Half a truth is often a great lie.