“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”


The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think
things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions
and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the
government he lives under is dishonest, insane, and intolerable...”


Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull.”



“The best teacher is not the one who knows most but the one who is
most capable of reducing knowledge to that simple compound of the
obvious and wonderful.”



“Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is
always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and
wrong.”





"You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.”



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


“On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.”













H.L. MENCKEN