It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

Quote by H L Mencken

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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity...

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity...

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

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

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

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

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.

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 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...

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to...

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to...

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for;...

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for;...

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...

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together....

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together....

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

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

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

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and...

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and...

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.

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people...

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people...

Love is the greatest touch-up artist of all

Love is the greatest touch-up artist of all

Last year, I didn't even know his last name. But this year? I write it...

Last year, I didn't even know his last name. But this year? I write it...