#tho

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

— Herman Melville

#know #lines #live #out #thou

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#better time #having #immorality #morality #those

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

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#being #billiards #golf #good #imagine

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

One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#go #go to hell #hell #live #may

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#chief #contribution #god #human #human thought

The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#confirmed #does #establishment #even #experiment

We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the secrets of nature, and to bring life into harmony with the laws of nature. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

#could #day #discover #double #harmony

When Socrates was about 30, and his father was long dead, he was still pursuing the art of sculpture, but from necessity, and without much inclination. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

#art #dead #father #his #inclination