H. L. Mencken quotes.
All 8 quotations by H. L. Mencken in our collection.
“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.”
“The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.”
“Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?”
“Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.”
“Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.”
“Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.”
“The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”
“The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.”
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