• The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

    H. L. Mencken: The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
    H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.131, Vintage