H. L. Mencken

When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands…

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at…

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

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear – fear of the unknown, the…

Adultery is the application of democracy to love…

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a…

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be…

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God…

We must respect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to the…

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that…

Time stays, we go…

To die for an idea it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would…

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

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no…

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