What did H. L. Mencken mean by: An altruist is one who would be sincerely sorry to see his neighbor’s children devoured by wolves. - H. L. Mencken Copy
+ To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish a woman for a purely moral reason Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Moral, Peace, War, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ Deep within the heart of every evangelist lies the wreck of a car salesman. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Car, Heart, Lying, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ There are two kinds of Europeans: The smart ones, and those who stayed behind. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ What ass first let loose the doctrine that the suffrage is a high boon and voting a noble privilege? Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Democracy, Doctrine, Voting, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ Life without sex might be safer but it would be unbearably dull Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Dull, Sex, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ Never let your inferiors do you a favor – it will be extremely costly. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Advice, Wise, Work, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Believe, Religion, religious, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024February 9, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Failure, Learn, 0 - H. L. Mencken
Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia
I already have a wife who is too much for me.. she is my art, and my works are my children. - Michelangelo Artist · Italy
The only reason that they say, ‘Women and children first’ is to test the strength of the lifeboats. - Jean Kerr Playwright · USA
Every artist, as child of his age, is impelled to express the spirit of his age. - Wassily Kandinsky Painter · Russia
What a father says to his children is not heard by the world, but it will be heard by posterity. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
