I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a drink after dark.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men...

The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

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

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

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter...

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter...

The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable...

The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable...

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes...

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes...

Doing nothing gets you nothing.

Doing nothing gets you nothing.

All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in...

All our lauded technological progress -- our very civilization - is like the axe in...