Quotes by Mencken, H. L.

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of sland >>

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnip >>

There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. >>

Quotations about Cosmos

To sum up: 1. The cosmos is a gigantic fly-wheel making 10, 000 revolu >>

Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire >>

Philosophy offers the rather cold consolation that perhaps we and our >>

To sum up: 1. The cosmos is a gigantic fly-wheel making 10, 000 revolutions a minute. 2. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it. 3. Religion is the theory that the wheel was designed and set spinning to give him the ride.

Mencken, H. L.