#now

Is there some principal of nature which states that we never know the quality of what we have until it is gone? ↗

— Herman Melville

#know #nature #never #principal #quality

Know, thou, that the lines that live are turned out of a furrowed brow. ↗

— Herman Melville

#know #lines #live #out #thou

The character of a man is known from his conversations. ↗

— Menander

#conversations #his #known #man

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

— H. L. Mencken

#know #man #married #may

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

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

Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#explain #knowing #terms #theology #unknowable

We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#here #human #human knowledge #knowledge #moonshine

For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#centuries #explaining #terms #theologians #unknowable

I just want to be known for things other than my sexuality. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#just #known #other #sexuality #than