Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit - who, in the course of nature, would soon die out and so cease to encumber the earth - into parasites - who live on indefinitely,…

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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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 theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

Immortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn't believe he is dead

Immortality is the condition of a dead man who doesn't believe he is dead

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

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...

Jury: A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health,...

Jury: A group of 12 people, who, having lied to the judge about their health,...

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

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 kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always...

The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always...

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...

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and...

The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and...

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...

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia,...

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia,...

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...

A well ordered society would be one where the State only had a negative action,...

A well ordered society would be one where the State only had a negative action,...

More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More...

More and more Americans feel threatened by runaway technology, by large-scale organization, by overcrowding. More...

When they turn the pages of history, when these days have passed long ago-- will...

When they turn the pages of history, when these days have passed long ago-- will...