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

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...

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 way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

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,...

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...

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a...

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

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

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

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the...

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

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

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

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...

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar

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...

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist.

We love television because television brings us a world in which television does not exist.