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H L Mencken Quotes
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It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously (H L Mencken Quotes)
Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them (H L Mencken Quotes)
Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier (H L Mencken Quotes)
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 Quotes)
The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression (H L Mencken Quotes)
To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true! (H L Mencken Quotes)
War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands (H L Mencken Quotes)
We must respect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart (H L Mencken Quotes)
Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner’s inquest (H L Mencken Quotes)
Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience (H L Mencken Quotes)
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love (H L Mencken Quotes)
You can’t do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth (H L Mencken Quotes)
A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there (H L Mencken Quotes)
A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them (H L Mencken Quotes)
Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it (H L Mencken Quotes)
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats (H L Mencken Quotes)
I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone (H L Mencken Quotes)
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant (H L Mencken Quotes)
I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk (H L Mencken Quotes)
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner (H L Mencken Quotes)
If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl (H L Mencken Quotes)
It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause (H L Mencken Quotes)
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office (H L Mencken Quotes)
Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly. He is like a watch of which the most that can be said is that its cosmetic effect is good (H L Mencken Quotes)
Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on (H L Mencken Quotes)
Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed (H L Mencken Quotes)
No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single (H L Mencken Quotes)
One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring (H L Mencken Quotes)
Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them (H L Mencken Quotes)
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught (H L Mencken Quotes)