Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Women Quotes

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse - that is, to...

The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse - that is, to...

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

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

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

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like

A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like

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...

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...

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...

And out of each (schoolhouse) is vomited the standard product of the New Pedagogy -...

And out of each (schoolhouse) is vomited the standard product of the New Pedagogy -...

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...

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

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

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...

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.

Change is not progress

Change is not progress

Other things may change us, but we start and end with family

Other things may change us, but we start and end with family

We are the change we have been waiting for.

We are the change we have been waiting for.

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a...

We must remember that one determined person can make a significant difference, and that a...