H. L. MENKEN QUOTES

Conscience Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends. Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking. Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ. As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft. Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too. Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies. Don't overestimate the decency of the human race. Every man is his own hell. Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself. Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H. L. Mencken