#iv

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

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#board #easy #god #gods #imagine

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#individuals #made #original #probably #society

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

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#every #every man #free #giving #good

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

— H. L. Mencken

#burn #damage #might #universities #worse

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#privileges #rights #value #world

I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#attain #cow #enjoys #feeling #function

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what sting is justice. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#easy #injustice #justice #relatively #sting

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#average woman #becomes #ever #how #lives