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

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...

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.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

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...

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...

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,...

The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the...

The prophesying business is like writing fugues; it is fatal to every one save the...

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice...

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

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...

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.

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter...

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter...

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

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...

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely...

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely...

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Thinking is like loving or dying. Each of us must do it for ourselves.

Thinking is like loving or dying. Each of us must do it for ourselves.

When policy fails try thinking.

When policy fails try thinking.

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else...

Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else...