Famous Quotes / H. L. Mencken
257 Quotations by H. L. Mencken
- 241. Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party ...
- 242. Unionism seldom, if ever, uses such powers as it has to ensure better work; almost always it devotes ...
- 243. Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he fo ...
- 244. War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adr ...
- 245. We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine.
- 246. We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.
- 247. We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect ...
- 248. Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's ...
- 249. What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
- 250. When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned ...
- 251. When women kiss it always reminds one of prize-fighters shaking hands.
- 252. Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's ...
- 253. Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid f ...
- 254. Wherever I sit is the head of the table.
- 255. Wife: a former sweetheart.
- 256. Wife: one who is sorry she did it, but would undoubtedly do it again.
- 257. Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in l ...