What did H.L. Mencken mean by: Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA Copy
+ There is always an easy solution to every problem – neat, plausible, and wrong. Feraz Zeid, March 13, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Plausible, Wrong, 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
+ For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. Feraz Zeid, December 12, 2022January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Clarity, Simplicity, Wrong, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Don’t overestimate the decency of the human race. Feraz Zeid, April 6, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Decency, Human, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Feraz Zeid, November 20, 2022January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Imagination, Intelligence, Love, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers. Feraz Zeid, September 8, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Judge, Law, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance. Feraz Zeid, June 22, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Democracy, Ignorance, Wisdom, 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
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
The most amiable people are those who least wound the self-love of others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A man who doesn’t trust himself can never really trust anyone else. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
If self-knowledge is the road to virtue, so is virtue still more the road to self-knowledge. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Individuality is to be preserved and respected everywhere, as the root of everything good. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Our self-love can be resigned to the sacrifice of everything but itself. - Jean-Francois de La Harpe Playwright · France
That’s what existence means: draining one’s own self dry without the sense of thirst. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
