Opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian.

Quote by H L Mencken

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Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at...

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at...

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...

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the...

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the...

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were...

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were...

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

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

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

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach,...

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach,...

I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which...

I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which...

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.

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

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

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....

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...

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from...

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from...

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.

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.