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Hell Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- As long as you represent me as praising alcohol I shall not complain. It is, I believe, the greatest of human inventions, and by far…
- It is Hell, of course, that makes priests powerful, not Heaven, for after thousands of years of so-called civilization fear remains the one common denominator…
- Sunday: A day given over by Americans to wishing that they themselves were dead and in Heaven, and that their neighbors were dead and in…
- What is the function that a clergyman performs in the world? Answer: He gets his living by assuring idiots that he can save them from…
- Life may not be exactly pleasant, but it is at least not dull. Heave yourself into Hell today, and you may miss, tomorrow or next…
- Every man is his own hell.
- One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to…
- The man who boasts that he habitually tells the truth is simply a man with no respect for it. It is not a thing to…
- The smallest atom of truth represents some man's bitter toil and agony; for every ponderable chunk of it there is a brave truth-seeker's grave upon…
More Hell Quotes
- What annoys the hell out of me is the arrogance of some people. They don't even listen to our music, they decided… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact their escape. — Antonin Artaud
- I'm not playing a role. I'm being myself, whatever the hell that is. — Bea Arthur
- Getting to places like Bangkok or Singapore was a hell of a sweat. But when you got there it was the back… — David Attenborough
- One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
- Envy's a coal comes hissing hot from Hell. — Philip James Bailey
- What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There's got to be… — Christian Bale