Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Progress Quotes

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice...

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice...

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

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...

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 aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply...

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply...

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...

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

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...

During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon...

During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very...

The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very...

The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks...

The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks...

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...

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely...

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely...

People dont want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions....

People dont want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions....

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and...

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and...