1,045 Quotes by H. L. Mencken

One seldom discovers a true believer that is worth knowing.

Not by accident, you may be sure, do the Christian Scriptures make the father of knowledge a serpent – slimy, sneaking and abominable.

What the meaning of human life may be I don’t know: I incline to suspect that it has none.

Debussy – A pretty girl with one blue eye and one brown one.

Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals.

My guess is that well over eighty per cent. of the human race goes through life without having a single original thought...

Whenever “A” attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon “B,” “A” is most likely a scoundrel.

Chopin – Two embalmers at work upon a minor poetthe scent of tuberosesAutumn rain.

A man’s women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity.