H

H. L. Mencken

· 74 kata bijak

Kehidupan

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

🖼 Gambar

Kehidupan

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

🖼 Gambar

Keluarga

We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

🖼 Gambar

Agama

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.

🖼 Gambar

Kehidupan

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

🖼 Gambar

Keluarga

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

🖼 Gambar

Waktu

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

🖼 Gambar

Nasihat

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

🖼 Gambar

Nasihat

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

🖼 Gambar

Nasihat

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered there is only error to be exposed.

🖼 Gambar

Perjuangan

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

🖼 Gambar

Nasihat

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

🖼 Gambar

Perjuangan

When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands.

🖼 Gambar

Kehidupan

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

🖼 Gambar