Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

Quote by H L Mencken

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

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

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...

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a...

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average...

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average...

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

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

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined...

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined...

Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the...

Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the...

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

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

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.

Life is a dead-end street.

Life is a dead-end street.

There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.

There is always an easy solution to every problem - neat, plausible, and wrong.

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

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

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that...

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that...

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 and love are life and love, a bunch of violets is a bunch of...

Life and love are life and love, a bunch of violets is a bunch of...

Love laughs at locksmiths.

Love laughs at locksmiths.

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life;...

Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid.

Expiring for love is beautiful but stupid.