Quote by H L Mencken: "Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing,..."

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier.

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“the average man does not want to be free. he simply wants to be safe.”

“Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.”

“What fetched me instantly (and thousands of other newcomers with me) was the subtle but unmistakable sense of escape from the United States.”

“In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.”

“I got a lot of crap for being named SZA but not being affiliated with Wu-Tang, and being a girl.”

“A man should have two wives: one to love and one to sew on his buttons.”

“A man in love is like a clipped coupon - it's time to cash in.”

“A man would create another man if one did not already exist, but a woman might live an eternity without even thinking of reproducing her own sex.”

“Men are like bank accounts. The more money, the more interest they generate.”