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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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...

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if...

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if...

Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop

Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop

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...

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...

The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such...

The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such...

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another

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...

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...

No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by...

No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by...

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...

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...

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 chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals.

Time is the great legalizer, even in the field of morals.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.

If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

The man who loves his country prefers its liberty to all other considerations, well knowing...

The man who loves his country prefers its liberty to all other considerations, well knowing...