H. L. Mencken Quotes

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
H. L. Mencken

Time stays, we go.
H. L. Mencken

Every man is his own hell.
H. L. Mencken

Life is a dead-end street.
H. L. Mencken

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
H. L. Mencken

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken Quotes
		The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. H. L. Mencken Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
		Author Details: Type: Writer Quotes Category: American Writer Quotes Date of Birth: September 12, 1880 Date of Death: January 29, 1956 Nationality: American Amazon: H. L. Mencken on Amazon	Related Authors: Napoleon Hill Dale Carnegie Oliver Wendell Holmes Robert A. Heinlein Denis Waitley Rick Warren Eric Hoffer Anne Morrow Lindbergh
		Select H. L. Mencken Quotations: No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man. H. L. Mencken Time stays, we go. H. L. Mencken Every man is his own hell. H. L. Mencken Life is a dead-end street. H. L. Mencken Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. H. L. Mencken For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H. L. Mencken The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. H. L. Mencken
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It is not materialism that is... It is now quite lawful for... Judge: a law student who marks... Legend: A lie that has attained... Let's not burn the universities yet... Life is a constant oscillation between... Life is a dead-end street. Love is an emotion that is... Love is like war: easy to... Love is the delusion that one... Love is the triumph of imagination... Man is a beautiful machine that... Man is always looking for someone... Man weeps to think that he... Marriage is a wonderful institution, but... Men have a much better time... Morality is the theory that every... Most people are unable to write... Most people want security in this... Nevertheless, it is even harder for... Nine times out of ten, in... No man ever quite believes in... No married man is genuinely happy... No matter how happily a woman... No matter how long he lives... No one in this world has... Nobody ever went broke underestimating the... One may no more live in... Opera in English is, in the... 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Theology is the effort to explain... There are men so philosophical that... There is a saying in Baltimore... There is always an easy solution... Time stays, we go. To be in love is merely... To die for an idea; it... Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American... War will never cease until babies... We are here and it is... We must be willing to pay... We must respect the other fellow's... Wealth - any income that is at... What men value in this world... When a new source of taxation... When women kiss it always reminds... Whenever a husband and wife begin... Whenever you hear a man speak... Women always excel men in that... Women have simple tastes. They get...

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