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H L Mencken Quotes

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It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.
- H. L. Mencken
Quotes World Quotes Trouble Quotes Men Quotes Materialism Quotes Visions Quotes Idealism Quotes
Published on: December 30, 2024 07:10 PM
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Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
- H. L. Mencken
Quotes Women Quotes Bachelors Quotes
Published on: December 11, 2024 03:00 AM
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
- H. L. Mencken
Quotes Crime Quotes Poor Quotes Argument Quotes Poverty Quotes Slander Quotes
Published on: November 3, 2024 02:41 PM
Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.
- H. L. Mencken
Quotes Democracy Quotes Heaven Quotes Santa Claus Quotes
Published on: October 28, 2024 02:19 PM
The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.
- H. L. Mencken
Quotes Government Quotes Oppression Quotes Fanatics Quotes
Published on: October 25, 2024 02:00 AM
Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband.
- H. L. Mencken
Quotes Wife Quotes Income Quotes Sister Quotes H L Mencken Quotes
Published on: October 22, 2024 05:07 PM
The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
- H. L. Mencken
Quotes War Quotes Tragedy Quotes Fact Quotes Existence Quotes
Published on: October 21, 2024 02:19 AM
The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.
- H. L. Mencken
Quotes God Quotes Thought Quotes Proof Quotes Protestantism Quotes
Published on: October 17, 2024 12:29 AM
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
- H. L. Mencken
Quotes Missionaries Quotes Promise Quotes
Published on: October 16, 2024 10:00 AM
A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
- H. L. Mencken
Quotes Theory Quotes Fleas Quotes
Published on: October 12, 2024 06:05 AM
The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
- H. L. Mencken
Quotes Fear Quotes Man Quotes Safety Quotes Inexplicable Quotes Emotion Quotes
Published on: September 28, 2024 05:31 AM
A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.
- H. L. Mencken
Quotes Children Quotes Evil Quotes School Quotes Prison Quotes Parents Quotes Conscience Quotes H L Mencken Quotes
Published on: September 13, 2024 03:03 PM

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