The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by...

No one in this world, so far as I know has ever lost money by...

Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals

Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

When women kiss, it always reminds one of prizefighters shaking hands

When women kiss, it always reminds one of prizefighters shaking hands

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he...

No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like

A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all...

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all...

Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to...

Has the great art and mystery of politics no apparent utility? Does it appear to...

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the...

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another

Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty,...

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty,...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Her parthenogenetic birth from Adam's body makes Eve his daughter so that the Judeo-Christian tradition...

Her parthenogenetic birth from Adam's body makes Eve his daughter so that the Judeo-Christian tradition...

Let all people live in harmony¦ Men should be taught and won over by reason,...

Let all people live in harmony¦ Men should be taught and won over by reason,...