Quotes by H L Mencken

A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag...

#H L Mencken

A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good...

#H L Mencken

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to...

#H L Mencken

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

#H L Mencken

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

#H L Mencken

Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.

#H L Mencken

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool....

#H L Mencken

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

#H L Mencken

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes...

#Idealism

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I...

#H L Mencken

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

#H L Mencken

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

#H L Mencken