What did H. L. Mencken mean by: I know of no human being who has a better time than an eager and energetic young reporter. - H. L. Mencken Copy
+ The most common of all follies is to believe in the palpably untrue. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Believe, Common, Folly, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science that smiles in your face while it picks your pocket. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Faces, Law, Pockets, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ Looking for an honest politician is like looking for an ethical burglar. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Honest, Political, Politician, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ Man’s objection to love is that it dies hard: women’s, that when it is dead it stays dead. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Love, Women, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ Economic independence is the foundation of the only sort of freedom worth a damn Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Economic, Foundation, Independence, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ No form of liberty is worth a darn [sic] which doesn’t give us the right to do wrong now and then. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Liberty, Now And Then, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Funny, Hilarious, Women, 0 - H. L. Mencken
+ The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, H. L. Mencken, Art, 0 - H. L. Mencken
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Religion is the everlasting dialogue between humanity and God. Art is its soliloquy. - Franz Werfel Novelist · Austria
Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
There was a time when the young of many clans joined together to make new clans. - Jean M. Auel Author
Thou art a man God is no more Thy own humanity Learn to adore - William Blake Poet and artist · England
Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany