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

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Day Quotes, Schools Quotes

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a...

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and...

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to...

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to...

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...

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Love: 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...

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

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

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

When I mount the scaffold at last these will be my farewell words to the...

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 more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia,...

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia,...

Men become civilized not in proportion to their willingness to believe but in proportion to...

Men become civilized not in proportion to their willingness to believe but in proportion to...

Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste

Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste

Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction...

Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction...

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

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...

You spend years wishing your parents would get off your back, only to realize they're...

You spend years wishing your parents would get off your back, only to realize they're...

If you treat your children at home in the same way you treat your animals...

If you treat your children at home in the same way you treat your animals...