The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine... - H.L. Mencken
"The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
"The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
"If we assume that man actually does resemble God, then we are forced into the impossible theory that God is a coward, an idiot and a bounder."
"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 girl."
"Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull."
"The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable."
"The trouble with Communism is the Communists, just as the trouble with Christianity is the Christians."