To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god or an ordinary young woman for a goddess

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Love Quotes, Men And Quotes, Relationships 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...

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

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...

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...

Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.

Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.

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...

How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach...

How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach...

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

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

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

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

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

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

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

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier - and...

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier - and...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves...

A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves...