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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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably...

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably...

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.

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I...

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I...

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

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...

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be...

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be...

Time stays, we go.

Time stays, we go.

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry...

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry...

Life is a dead-end street.

Life is a dead-end street.

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.

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

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

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

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

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

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...

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

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

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag...

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag...

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.

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...

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...