Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves were dead and in Heaven, and that their neighbors were dead and in Hell

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Day Quotes

Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing they marry...

Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing they marry...

Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator,...

Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator,...

Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible...

Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

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...

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...

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no...

There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no...

The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such...

The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such...

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

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 -...

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...

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon...

During many a single week, I daresay, more money is spent in New York upon...

Change is not progress

Change is not progress

Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of...

Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of...

I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go...

I think you should defend to the death their right to march, and then go...

His wings are gray and trailing, Azrael, Angel of Death, And yet the souls that...

His wings are gray and trailing, Azrael, Angel of Death, And yet the souls that...