Mencken, H. L.
Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), better known as H. L. Mencken, was a twentieth-century journalist, satirist, social critic, cynic, and freethinker, known as the "Sage of Baltimore" and the "American Nietzsche". He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the early 20th century. · Can we improve this biography or this incorrect? Post your comments or consult wikipedia
"The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt."
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"The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
Mencken, H. L. on Age and Aging
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"Don't overestimate the decency of the human race."
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"The cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy."
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"Democracy is also a form of religion. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses."
Mencken, H. L. on Democracy
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"I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing."
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"The lunatic fringe wags the underdog."
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"It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man."
Mencken, H. L. on Evolution
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"Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable."
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"A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know."
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"No one hates his job so heartily as a farmer."
Mencken, H. L. on Farming and Farmers
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"We must be willing to pay a price for freedom."
Mencken, H. L. on Freedom
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"A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation."
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"On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women."
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"A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if he drank."
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"Alimony -- the ransom that the happy pay to the devil."
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"As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft."
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