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> [“If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse - as a man shoots himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/if-i-ever-marry-it-will-be-on-a-sudden-impulse-as-a-man-shoots-himself/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

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## More by H.L. Mencken

> [“Suffice it to say that the vile arts of the hussy prevailed over that noble and upright man—that she enticed him, by adroit appeals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/suffice-it-to-say-that-the-vile-arts-of-the-hussy-prevailed-over-that/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“I can't recall a single masculine figure created by a woman who is not, at bottom, a booby.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/i-can-t-recall-a-single-masculine-figure-created-by-a-woman-who-is/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/as-democracy-is-perfected-the-office-of-president-represents-more-and/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [ “If there had been any formidable body of cannibals in the country he \[Harry Truman\] would have promised to provide them with free missionaries,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/if-there-had-been-any-formidable-body-of-cannibals-in-the-country-he/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“I have seen something of the horrors of war, and much too much of the worse horrors of peace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/i-have-seen-something-of-the-horrors-of-war-and-much-too-much-of-the/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“Don’t tell me. I have been there. No longer ago than last Tuesday—or was it last Monday?—I went into one of those big restaurants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/don-t-tell-me-i-have-been-there-no-longer-ago-than-last-tuesday-or/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“ONE OF the most irrational of all the conventions of modern society is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/one-of-the-most-irrational-of-all-the-conventions-of-modern-society/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“But though every normal man thus cherishes the soothing unction that he is the intellectual superior of all women, and particularly of his wife,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/but-though-every-normal-man-thus-cherishes-the-soothing-unction-that/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“If the average man is made in God's image, then a man such as Beethoven or Aristotle is plainly superior to God, and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/if-the-average-man-is-made-in-god-s-image-then-a-man-such-as/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“The American moron’s mind simply does not run in that direction; he wants to keep his Ford, even at the cost of losing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/the-american-moron-s-mind-simply-does-not-run-in-that-direction-he/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“Once I ventured the guess that men worked in response to a vague inner urge for self-expression. But that was probably a shaky theory,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/once-i-ventured-the-guess-that-men-worked-in-response-to-a-vague/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“He writes the worst English that I have ever encountered. It reminds me of a string of wet sponges; it reminds me of tattered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/he-writes-the-worst-english-that-i-have-ever-encountered-it-reminds/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“For men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt. The more stupid the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/for-men-become-civilized-not-in-proportion-to-their-willingness-to/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“Where is the graveyard of dead gods? What lingering mourner waters their mounds? There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/where-is-the-graveyard-of-dead-gods-what-lingering-mourner-waters/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

> [“If I had my way no man guilty of golf would be eligible to any office of trust or profit under the United States,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken-2/if-i-had-my-way-no-man-guilty-of-golf-would-be-eligible-to-any-office/)

[H.L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken-2/)

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