Browse H. L. Mencken quotes and sayings.
It is the classic fallacy of our time that a moron run through a university […]
Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. H. L. Mencken
For the habitual truth-teller and truth-seeker, indeed, the whole world has very little liking. He […]
No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover […]
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. […]
We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine. […]
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public. H. L. Mencken
The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. […]
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to […]
Those who can’t teach – administrate. Those who can’t administrate – go into politics. H. […]
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to […]
The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in […]
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H. […]
An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes […]
Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing […]
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the […]
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on […]
The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he […]
On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their […]
I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on […]