Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.

Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.

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...

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...

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to...

Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty,...

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty,...

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he...

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he...

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...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely...

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely...

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his...

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his...

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

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

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

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...

The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist,...

The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist,...

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

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...

All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great...

All the public business in Congress now connects itself with intrigues, and there is great...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...