Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production of objective fact.

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.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers...

The typical American of today has lost all the love of liberty, that his forefathers...

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

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

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

All talk of winning the people by appealing to their intelligence, of conquering them by...

All talk of winning the people by appealing to their intelligence, of conquering them by...

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes...

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes...

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia -...

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia -...

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...

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...

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks...

The practical politician, as every connoisseur of ochlocracy knows, is not a man who seeks...

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with...

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with...

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as...

Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as...

It takes true courage to be a dove, but no honor accrues to being an...

It takes true courage to be a dove, but no honor accrues to being an...