H L Mencken

Most people want...

Most people want...

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

Source: Minority...

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Honor is simply...

Honor is simply...

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Source: In

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Strike an average...

Strike an average...

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him...

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I believe that...

I believe that...

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...

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Democracy is also...

Democracy is also...

Democracy is also a form of religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses.

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The common argument...

The common argument...

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.

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If women believed...

If women believed...

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more...

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The opera is...

The opera is...

The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.

Source: In

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I write in...

I write in...

I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving...

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Lying is not...

Lying is not...

Lying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the...

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There are people...

There are people...

There are people who read too much: bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are...

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No matter how...

No matter how...

No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of...

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War will never...

War will never...

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal...

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It is hard...

It is hard...

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.

Source: In

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Man weeps to...

Man weeps to...

Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago.

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I've made it...

I've made it...

I've made it a rule never to drink by daylight and never to refuse a drink after dark.

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The chief contribution...

The chief contribution...

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a...

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The fact that...

The fact that...

The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply...

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Legend : a...

Legend : a...

Legend : a lie that has attained the dignity of age.

Source: In

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The cynics are...

The cynics are...

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

Source: In

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