After all, why be good How many will actually believe it of us.
More Quotes from Henry Louis Mencken:
It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone that even the dullest man, in these bright days, knows more than any man of, say, the Eighteenth Century, and is far more civilized. This assumption is quite erroneous.... The great masses of men, even in this inspired republic, are precisely where the mob was at the dawn of history. They are ignorant, they are dishonest, they are cowardly, they are ignoble. They know little if anything that is worth knowing, and there is not the slightest sign of a natural desire among them to increase their knowledge.Henry Louis Mencken
Happiness is the china shop love is the bull.
Henry Louis Mencken
The essence of a self-reliant and autonomous culture is an unshakable egoism.
Henry Louis Mencken
The Christian always mixes prudence with his devotion. He is willing to serve three gods, but draws the line at one wife.
Henry Louis Mencken
The fact that a human brain of high amperage, otherwise highly efficient, may have a hole in it is surely not a secret.
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