#ria

Heaven have mercy on us all - Presbyterians and Pagans alike - for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending. ↗

— Herman Melville

#alike #cracked #dreadfully #head #heaven

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil. ↗

— Menander

#face #marriage #necessary #necessary evil #truth

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

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#historian #novelist #unsuccessful

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#another #better #better time #die #earlier

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

I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#exquisite #i #lead #life #surrounded

One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have much lighter, much stronger materials, and this will reduce the cost of air flight, and the cost of rockets. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#confidence #cost #flight #lighter #materials

The first approximation in this future that we're looking at is that everyone will be physically well off. They will have a great abundance in material goods, and I think that will soften some of the conflicts we see now. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#approximation #conflicts #everyone #first #future

Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#four #i #marriages #only #regret