All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless amusement, compared to which a visit to a penitentiary, or even to a State legislature in session, is informing, stimulating and ennobling.
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The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
This quote is just one of 115 total H. L. Mencken quotes in our collection. H. L. Mencken is known for saying 'All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless amusement, compared to which a visit to a penitentiary, or even to a State legislature in session, is informing, stimulating and ennobling.' as well as some of the following quotes.