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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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...

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

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

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...

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its...

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its...

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

He (the businessman) is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation

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...

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 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...

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.

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient

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...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas...

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas...

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...

We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of...