Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. H. L. Mencken

Quotes November 23, 2008

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
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Quotations by H. L. Mencken

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. St. Augustine

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.AbstinenceQuotations by St. Augustine

Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.LearningQuotations by Novalis

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.AngerQuotations by Ambrose …

Laughter is by definition healthy.LaughterQuotations by Doris Lessing

“Out of the strain of the Doing, / Into the peace of the Done.”

Life is a series of little deaths out of which life always returns.Life and LivingQuotations by Charles Feidelson

What were once vices are the fashion of the day.ViceQuotations by Seneca

Be not curious in unnecessary matters: for more things are shrewd unto thee than men understand.CuriosityQuotations by Bible

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.LibertyQuotations by James Madison

We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.ExpectationQuotations by Marquis De Vauvenargues