Author: H. L. Mencken

Quotes

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess.

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess.

- H. L. Mencken

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.

- H. L. Mencken

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

- H. L. Mencken

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

- H. L. Mencken

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

- H. L. Mencken

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

- H. L. Mencken

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

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

- H. L. Mencken

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

- H. L. Mencken

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

- H. L. Mencken

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