"Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good."
― H. L. Mencken
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Good
― H. L. Mencken
More From H. L. Mencken
- "Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier."
- "A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman."
- "Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them."
More In Good
- "Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands."― Anne Frank
- "I wasn’t in school often enough to really belong to a ‘clique,’ but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we’re surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!"― Danica McKellar
- "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful."― Mae West