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 | "A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a
coffin." | |
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Found in the topic Cynic.
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| "Criticism is prejudice made plausible." | |
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Found in the topic Prejudice.
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| "For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in
terms of the-not-worth-knowing." | |
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Found in the topic Explain.
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| "Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands,
hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." | |
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Found in the topic Flag.
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| "Opera in English is, in the main, about as sensible as baseball in
Italian." | |
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Found in the topic Music.
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| "Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another." | |
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Found in the topic Delusion.
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| "All of the great patriots now engaged in edging and squirming their
way toward the Presidency of the Republic run true to form. That is to
say, they are all extremely wary, and all more or less palpable frauds.
What they want, primarily, is the job; the necessary equipment of
unescapable issues, immutable principles and soaring ideals can wait until
it becomes more certain which way the mob will be whooping." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he
doesn"t know." | |
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Found in the topic False.
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| "For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds
human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make
us feel safe.... Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same
end." | |
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Found in the topic Marriage.
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| "Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice." | |
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Found in the topic Injustice.
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| "In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be
thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican." | |
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Found in the topic Republican.
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| "Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to
believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt." | |
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Found in the topic Doubt.
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| "Metaphysics is almost always an attempt to prove the incredible by
an appeal to the unintelligible." | |
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Found in the topic Metaphysics.
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| "Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable
body." | |
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Found in the topic Temptation.
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| "The basic fact about human existence is not that it is A tragedy,
but that it is a bore." | |
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Found in the topic Life.
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| "There are two times in every man"s life when he is thoroughly happy;
just after he has met his first love and just after he has parted from his
last one." | |
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Found in the topic Happiness.
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| "Women hate revolutions and revolutionists. They like men who are
docile, and well-regarded at the bank, and never late at meals." | |
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Found in the topic Bank.
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| "Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by
Jackasses." | |
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Found in the topic Democracy.
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| "Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen
goods." | |
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Found in the topic Sales.
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| "A man is called a good fellow for doing things which, if done by a
woman, would land her in a lunatic asylum." | |
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Found in the topic Man.
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