
1940s–present, A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
Compare Poor Richard's Almanack (1747) : There is no Man so bad, but he secretly respects the good.
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
1940s–present, A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
“Self-respect. It would make me lovable. And it's the secret to good sex.”
Source: As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
Vol. I, p. 12
1980s, Letters to the Schools (1981, 1985)
“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life to be thankful for a good one.”
“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.”
Twitter post https://twitter.com/BillKristol/status/984074028817281026 (11 April 2018)
2010s, 2018
‘Observations on Priestley's Emigration’ (August 1794), Porcupine's Works; containing various writings and selections, exhibiting a faithful picture of the United States of America, Volume I (1801), p. 169
1790s
On a panel with R. Scott Bakker in Semana Negra, Spain (2008)