H L Mencken

A cynic is...

A cynic is...

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

Source: In...

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Most philosophical treatises...

Most philosophical treatises...

Most philosophical treatises show the human cerebrum loaded far beyond its Plimsoll mark.

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Verse libre; a...

Verse libre; a...

Verse libre; a device for making poetry easier to read and harder to write.

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Injustice is relatively...

Injustice is relatively...

Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.

Source: Prejudices,...

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The public, with...

The public, with...

The public, with its mob yearning to be instructed, edified and pulled by the nose, demands certainties; it must be...

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A politician is...

A politician is...

A politician is an animal that can sit on the fence and keep both ears to the ground.

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Archbishop -- A...

Archbishop -- A...

Archbishop -- A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.

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Theology --An effort...

Theology --An effort...

Theology --An effort to explain the unknowable by putting it into terms of the not worth...

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No one hates...

No one hates...

No one hates his job so heartily as a farmer.

Source: What is Going on in the...

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Fear of death...

Fear of death...

Fear of death and fear of life both become piety.

Source: 'Minority Report'
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The true function...

The true function...

The true function of art is to edit nature and so to make it coherent and lovely. The artist is a sort of impassioned...

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Moral certainty is...

Moral certainty is...

Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows...

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There is perhaps...

There is perhaps...

There is perhaps one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Beat it down, stifle it, mortify it as much...

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The worst government...

The worst government...

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and human. But when fanatics are...

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One of the...

One of the...

One of the crying needs of the time is for a suitable burial service for the admittedly...

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The value the...

The value the...

The value the world sets upon motives is often grossly unjust and inaccurate.

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The truly civilized...

The truly civilized...

The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant . . . His culture is based on I am not too...

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A man always...

A man always...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness. But after that he begins to bunch...

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Human progress is...

Human progress is...

Human progress is furthered, not by conformity, but by aberration.

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To die for...

To die for...

To die for an idea: it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler would it be if men died for ideas that were...

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