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

Quote by H L Mencken

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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...

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.

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms...

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms...

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to...

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to...

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be...

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be...

Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.

Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

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...

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true....

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true....

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know...

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know...

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together....

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together....

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is...

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is...

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach,...

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach,...

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a...

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a...