H. L. Mencken
  • In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

  • The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

  • Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

  • Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.

  • Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.