“Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.”
― A Mencken Chrestomathy
― A Mencken Chrestomathy
“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
― Prejudices First Series
― Prejudices First Series
“An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.”
― A Book of Burlesques
― A Book of Burlesques
“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.”
― A Little Book In C Major
― A Little Book In C Major
“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
― A Mencken Chrestomathy
― A Mencken Chrestomathy
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