Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing.

Quote by H L Mencken

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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she...

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she...

Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than...

Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than...

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque...

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque...

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think...

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think...

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at...

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at...

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God,...

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God,...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But...

There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But...

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that...

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that...

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and...

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and...