#ed

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#ape #average #believe #descended #even

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#been #between #caught #difference #even

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#know #man #married #may

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#about #basic #bore #endless #existence

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#cynics #fanatics #government #humane #limit

Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#dollars #hundred #husband #income #least

The only really happy folk are married women and single men. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#folk #happy #married #men #only

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#communism #largely #like #made #other

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#atlantic ocean #backward #crab #crawling #ever

Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#based #emotion #experience #had #impossible