To argue that the gaps in knowledge which confront the seeker must be filled, not by patient inquiry, but by intuition or revelation, is simply to give ignorance a gratuitous and preposterous dignity.
H. L. MenckenThe real charm of the United States is that it is the only comic country ever heard of.
H. L. MenckenNo man of honor ever quite lives up to his code, any more than a moral man manages to avoid sin.
H. L. MenckenThe saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.
H. L. Mencken