It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

Quote by H L Mencken

Topics: Truth Quotes

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because...

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because...

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

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

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine.

Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.

Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that...

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that...

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never...

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never...

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

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

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

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries...

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries...

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please...

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please...

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a...

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a...

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

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

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

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