The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Money Quotes

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...

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one...

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one...

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...

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...

The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men...

The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable...

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable...

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all...

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all...

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...

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...

Change is not progress

Change is not progress

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

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

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

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age The...

Childhood is not from birth to a certain age and at a certain age The...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

After all these years, its still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf...

After all these years, its still embarrassing for me to play on the American golf...