1,045 Quotes by H. L. Mencken

The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.

To argue that the gaps in knowledge which confront the seeker must be filled, not by patient inquiry, but by intuition or revelation, is simply to give ignorance a gratuitous and preposterous dignity.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

God must love the rich or he wouldn't divide so much among so few of them.

The ideal state for a philosopher, indeed, is celibacy tempered by polygamy.

I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.

There are some people who read too much: The bibliobibuli.

The life of man in this world is like the life of a fly in a room filled with 100 boys, each armed with a fly-swatter.

As long as you represent me as praising alcohol I shall not complain,