We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

Truth would quickly cease to become stranger than fiction, once we got as used to...

Truth would quickly cease to become stranger than fiction, once we got as used to...

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his...

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

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

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

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...

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that...

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that...

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty,...

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty,...

Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop

Love is like war; easy to begin but very hard to stop

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...

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...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

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 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...

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be...

A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

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

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

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas...

I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas...

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially...

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially...

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's...

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved: It is God's...