"Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure..." - Quote by H L Mencken
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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“Democracy is grounded upon so childish a complex of fallacies that they must be protected by a rigid system of taboos, else even halfwits would argue it to pieces. Its first concern must be to penalize the free play of ideas.”
“If there were only three women left in the world, two of them would immediately convene a court-martial to try the other one.”
“The great masses of men, though theoretically free, are seen to submit supinely to oppression and exploitation of a hundred abhorrent sorts. Have they no means of resistance? Obviously they have. The worst tyrant, even under democratic plutocracy, has but one throat to slit. The moment the majority decided to overthrow him he would be overthrown. But the majority lacks the resolution; it cannot imagine taking the risks.”