Main menu  Home  Categories  Authors  Aphorism of the day  Site map Advertisement Land of Wisdom - quotations and sayings of famous people listed by category iWinkels.be snel gemakkelijk de juiste winkel of winkels vinden Cheap hotels in Munich city for you Apply now for our unsecured bad credit loans and improve your cash flow. Aphorisms by authors » Henry Louis Mencken Aphorisms: 1 - 12 of 12 Pages: 1  A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live in it. Happiness and Misery Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. Wisdom and Ignorance Bachelors know more about women than married men do. If they didn't, they'd be married too. Men and Women Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking. Altruism and Cynicism Criticism is prejudice made plausible. Altruism and Cynicism Demagogue: One who preaches a doctrine he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots. Altruism and Cynicism Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. Law and Politics Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another. Love and Hate The cynics are right nine times out of ten. Altruism and Cynicism There's always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, plausible, and wrong. Altruism and Cynicism; Science and Religion Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Success and Failure Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. Law and Politics Aphorisms: 1 - 12 of 12 Pages: 1  All quotations are property and copyright of their authors © 2005-2008, Aphorisms-Galore.Info