29 Quotes by Henry Louis Mencken

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it to the test of fighting.

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way to lose him is to keep him a little more jealous.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing.