Quotes by Henry Louis Mencken

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...

#First Love, #Happiness

Human life is basically a comedy. Even its tragedies often seem comic to the spectator,...

#Happiness, #Perseverance

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

#Politics

A man of active and resilient mind outwears his friendships just as certainly as he...

#Politics

On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.

#Men And Women

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

#Politics

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

#Politics

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

#Men And Women

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

#Parents

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents,...

#Parents

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

#Delusion, #Love

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

#Government