#am

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#age #brings #distrust #doctrine #familiar

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#claus #democracy #dream #heaven #only

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#average #average american #formerly #got #much

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#confess #democracy #enjoy #hence #i

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#bad #because #detest #go #i

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#burn #damage #might #universities #worse

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#go #goes #hen #i #laying

Elements which are similar as regards their chemical properties have atomic weights which are either of nearly the same value (eg. Pt, Ir, Os) or which increase regularly (eg. K, Ru, Cs). ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#chemical #either #elements #increase #nearly

We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65 and 75. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#atomic #between #discovery #elements #example

I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#debate #dispute #end #famous #fear