Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.

Quote by H L Mencken

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A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.

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...

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.

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...

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

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.

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please...

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please...

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.

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...

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is...

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is...

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

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...

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the...

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the...

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that...

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that...

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...

Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

Take away love and our earth is a tomb.

It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give...

It is not what you give your friend, but what you are willing to give...

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble...

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble...