John Silvers

“Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.”
― H.L. Mencken

“If the average man is made in God's image, then a man such as Beethoven or Aristotle is plainly superior to God, and so God may be jealous of him, and eager to see his superiority perish with his bodily frame. All animal breeders know how difficult it is to maintain a fine strain. The universe seems to be in a conspiracy to encourage the endless reproduction of peasants and Socialists, but a subtle and mysterious opposition stands eternally against the reproduction of philosophers.”
― H.L. Mencken, In Defense of Women

“The lunatic fringe wags the underdog.”
― H. L. Mencken

“Morality and honor are not to be confused. "The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.”
― H.L. Mencken