What did H.L. Mencken mean by: I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey. - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA Copy
+ We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine. Feraz Zeid, July 25, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Human, Knowledge, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated. Feraz Zeid, February 4, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Money, Value, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. Feraz Zeid, February 5, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Flowers, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Time stays, we go. Feraz Zeid, November 14, 2022January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Time, Travel, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago. Feraz Zeid, June 6, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Death, Woman, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. Feraz Zeid, December 5, 2022January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Age, Distrust, Wisdom, 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
+ Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body. Feraz Zeid, February 22, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Body, Force, Temptation, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
