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Henry Louis Mencken Quotes
«To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| About:
Death and dying,
Ideas
| Keywords:
nobler, To Die For, unquestionably
«Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing they marry later; for another thing they die earlier»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
Better Late Than Never, earlier, for one, for one thing, marry
«It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.»
«Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| About:
Ethics,
Time
| Keywords:
morals, The Field
«Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that 99% of them are wrong»
«The ideal way to get rid of any infectious disease would be to shoot instantly every person who comes down with it»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
infectious, infectious disease, instantly, shoot down
«The curse of man, and the cause of nearly all his woe, is his stupendous capacity for believing the incredible»
«Say what you want about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| Keywords:
come back, Commandments, Ten Commandments, The Ten, The Ten Commandments
