257 Quotations by H. L. Mencken
- 1. A bore is simply a nonentity who resents his humble lot in life, and seeks satisfaction for his woun ...
![A bore is simply a nonentity who resents his humble lot in life, and seeks satisfaction for his woun .... H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 2. A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
![A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 3. A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who wi ...
![A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who wi .... H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 4. A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
![A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 5. A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation.
![A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 6. A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
![A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 7. A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live ...
![A home is not a mere transient shelter: its essence lies in the personalities of the people who live .... H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 8. A judge is a law student who grades his own papers.
![A judge is a law student who grades his own papers.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 9. A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.
![A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 10. A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch the ...
![A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch the .... H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 11. A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
![A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 12. A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regar ...
![A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regar .... H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 13. A metaphysician is one who, when you remark that twice two makes four, demands to know what you mean ...
![A metaphysician is one who, when you remark that twice two makes four, demands to know what you mean .... H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 14. A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and ...
![A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and .... H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 15. A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.
![A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 16. A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man.
![A nun, at best, is only half a woman, just as a priest is only half a man.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 17. A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.
![A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 18. A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.
![A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 19. A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
![A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
- 20. A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if he drank.
![A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if he drank.. H. L. Mencken.](/img/view.gif)
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