The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good. Menander on will
The cat has too much spirit to have no heart. Ernest Menaul on cats
Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. Imagination has given us the steam engi L. Frank Baum on inspiration
Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman. Mencius on character
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others. Mencius on duty
The great man is he who does not lose his child-heart. He does not think beforehand that his words shall be sincere, nor that his acts shall be resolute; he simply abides in the right. Mencius on greatness
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdo H.L. Mencken on age
I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a drink after dark. H.L. Mencken on alcohol
No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. H.L. Mencken on american
Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. H.L. Mencken on american
Of all escape mechanisms, death is the most efficient. H.L. Mencken on death
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. H.L. Mencken on doubt
It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better. H.L. Mencken on doubt
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know. H.L. Mencken on fame
If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely gi H.L. Mencken on forgiveness
When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative. H.L. Mencken on friendship
Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth. H.L. Mencken on government
Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor. H.L. Mencken on human
And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring this uniformity up to the highest possible point. A school is a hopper into which children are heaved while they are still young and tender; there in they are pressed into certain standard shapes and covered from head to heels with official rubber stamps. H.L. Mencken on individuality
The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. H.L. Mencken on life