Best H. L. Mencken Proverbs
- What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor Described
- Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety Inspirational
- Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs. All
- Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one would lie in his place Believe
- Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted Dangerous
- A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation Certainties
- Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none in all the literature of the world All
- The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such great progress during the last century that they have got… All
- Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief in Thirteenth Century ideas American
- Wife: one who is sorry she did it, but would undoubtedly do it again. Inspirational
- You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing. Change
- A wealthy man is one who earns $100 a year more than his wife's sister's husband. Earns
- The worst of marriage is that it makes a woman believe that all other men are just as easy to fool. All
- Dachshund: A half-a-dog high and a dog-and-a-half long. Dachshund
- The music critic, Huneber, could never quite make up his mind about a new symphony until he had seen the composer's mistress. Composer
- I am a strict monogamist: it is twenty years since I last went to bed with two women at once, and then I was in… Bed
- No normal man ever fell in love after thirty when the kidneys begin to disintegrate. Begin
- Women have a hard enough time in this world: telling them the truth would be too cruel. Cruel
- Only a jackass ever talks over his affairs with a woman, whether she be his sweetheart, wife, or sister, or mother. Affair
- Man makes love by braggadocio, and woman makes love by listening. Braggadocio
- Man's objection to love is that it dies hard; woman's, that when it is dead, it stays dead. Dead
- A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin or when he sees silver he looks for the cloud… Cloud
- The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful. Aspirant
- No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are dedicated… All
- For it is the natural tendency of the ignorant to believe what is not true. In order to overcome that tendency it is not sufficient… Believe
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