Lista de Poemas

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. H. L.
And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring this uniformity up to the highest possible point. A school is a hopper into which children are heaved while they are still young and tender; therein they are pressed into certain standard shapes and covered from head to heels with official rubber-stamps. H. L.
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. H. L.
Archbishop: a Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ. H. L.
Bachelors know more about women than married men. If they did not they would be married too.

Capitalism undoubtedly has certain boils and blotches upon it, but has it as many as government? Has it as many as marriage? Has it as many as religion? I doubt it. It is the only basic institution of modern man that shows any genuine health and vigor.

The New Yale Book of Quotations

College football would be more interesting if the faculty played instead of the students - there would be a great increase in broken arms, legs and necks." H. L.
Congress consists of one third, more or less, scoundrels; two thirds, more or less, idiots; and three thirds, more or less, poltroons. H. L.
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

Conscience: the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.

A Little Book in C major (1916)

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