"The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God’s children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil."
― H. L. Mencken
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― H. L. Mencken
More From H. L. Mencken
- "There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor."
- "I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense."
- "The only really happy folk are married women and single men."
More In God
- "Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god; but who knows my god?"― Friedrich Nietzsche
- "We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength."― Charles Stanley
- "God will never tell us to do something that gratifies the flesh."― Charles Stanley