What did H.L. Mencken mean by: The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA Copy
+ Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly. Feraz Zeid, February 4, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Beauty, Work, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Temptation is a woman’s weapon and man’s excuse. Feraz Zeid, May 15, 2023January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Gender roles, Sexism, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ Honor is simply the morality of superior men. Feraz Zeid, September 19, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Honor, Morality, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ Time stays, we go. Feraz Zeid, November 14, 2022January 10, 2024, H.L. Mencken, Time, Travel, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
+ A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. Feraz Zeid, September 20, 2023December 29, 2023, H.L. Mencken, Animal, Fence, Politics, 0 - H.L. Mencken Journalist · USA
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The constancy of sages is nothing but the art of locking up their agitation in their hearts. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Every artist, as child of his age, is impelled to express the spirit of his age. - Wassily Kandinsky Painter · Russia
What makes old age so sad is, not that our joys, but that our hopes then cease. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
