Quotes about H L Mencken

Every man is his own hell.

#H L Mencken

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

#H L Mencken

Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend...

#H L Mencken

Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

#H L Mencken

Life is a dead-end street.

#H L Mencken

Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.

#H L Mencken

Let's not burn the universities yet. After all, the damage they do might be worse.

#H L Mencken

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

#H L Mencken

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach,...

#H L Mencken

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of...

#H L Mencken

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

#H L Mencken

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

#H L Mencken