#ever

He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor. ↗

— Menander

#all things #despair #diligence #diligently #labor

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others. ↗

— Mencius

#duty #every #oneself #others #root

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#common #common sense #decency #everything #favor

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#black #every #flag #hands #his

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#auction #election #every #goods #sale

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#complex #else #emotion #everything #fear

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#been #brag #church #gentlemen #get

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#caricatures #cousins #especially #every #every man

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#ends #mother-in-law #never #visit #whose

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#coroner #discuss #evidence #giving #husband