What did H.L. Mencken mean by: Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA Copy
+ A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas. Feraz Zeid, March 26, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Dog, Fleas, Theory, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Adultery is the application of democracy to love. Feraz Zeid, September 19, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Adultery, Democracy, Love, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. Feraz Zeid, January 29, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Decent, Government, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Alimony – the ransom that the happy pay to the devil. Feraz Zeid, July 18, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Divorce, Marriage, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. Feraz Zeid, October 1, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Deception, Fraud, Lying, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ We must be willing to pay a price for freedom. Feraz Zeid, April 13, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Freedom, Willing, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft. Feraz Zeid, September 5, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Hard, Heart, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. Feraz Zeid, February 15, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Respect, Self, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. - Max De Pree Business leader/CEO · USA
Just go on . . . and faith will soon return. To a friend hesitant with respect to infinitesimals. Explain - Jean le Rond d'Alembert Mathematician and physicist · France
The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
I think I’m innocently representing a certain belief in motion pictures, and, well OK. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
To love God in great things is not so perfect an act of faith as to worship them in small ones. Explain - Jean-Pierre de Caussade Priest · France
Defend your beliefs with courtesy and with compassion, but defend them. - Jeffrey R. Holland Religious leader · USA
