H. L. Mencken Quote

Happiness, like health, is probably also only a passing accident. For a moment or two the organism is irritated so little that it is not conscious of it; for the duration of that moment it is happy. Thus a hog is always happier than a man, and a bacillus is happier than a hog

Mencken Chrestomathy (ed. Vintage, 2012) - ISBN: 9780307808875

Happiness, like health, is probably also only a passing accident. For a moment or two the organism is irritated so little that it is not conscious of ...

Happiness, like health, is probably also only a passing accident. For a moment or two the organism is irritated so little that it is not conscious of ...

Happiness, like health, is probably also only a passing accident. For a moment or two the organism is irritated so little that it is not conscious of ...

Happiness, like health, is probably also only a passing accident. For a moment or two the organism is irritated so little that it is not conscious of ...