Source: Minority Report
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Famous H. L. Mencken Quotes
Source: H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series
“Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.”
Source: A little book in C major
“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.”
“It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.”
“A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.”
“A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.”
Source: A little book in C major
“Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.”
“A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.”
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.”
“Life is a constant oscillation between the sharp horns of dilemmas.”
“Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.”
“The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.”
Source: Minority Report
“When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands.”
“The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.”
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.”
“I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.”
“The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.”
“Lawyer: one who protects us against robbery by taking away the temptation.”
“After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.”
Source: Minority Report
“On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.”
Source: A little book in C major
“If I ever mary, it will be on a suddn impulse - as aman shoots himself”
Source: H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series
“The lunatic fringe wags the underdog.”
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“It is more blessed to give than receive; for example, wedding presents.”
“When a husband's story is believed, he begins to suspect his wife.”
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy