School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, with brutal violations of common sense and common decency.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the...

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the...

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another

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...

Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator,...

Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator,...

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party...

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

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

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

Change is not progress

Change is not progress

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 difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter...

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

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

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

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle...

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle...

Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos

Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos