The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party...

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party...

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 -...

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.

Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.

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...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he...

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he...

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...

Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs.

Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs.

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...

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.

Painting is the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to...

Painting is the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to...

When women kiss, it always reminds one of prizefighters shaking hands

When women kiss, it always reminds one of prizefighters shaking hands

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

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness

Remorse is virtue's root; its fair increase are fruits of innocence and blessedness

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence

One man's remorse is another man's reminiscence