H. L. Mencken Quotes

H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
American Writer
Born: Sep 12, 1880
Died: Jan 29, 1956
Believe Good Man Men Woman World
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All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. H. L. Mencken
Myself Men Frauds Some Admit Only Only Difference Between Deny Difference Them
Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient. H. L. Mencken
Good Become Husbands Never Merely Proficient
I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense. H. L. Mencken
Sports Hate Sense Hates Likes Person Common Common Sense Who
The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt. H. L. Mencken
Only Contempt Cure
Life is a dead-end street. H. L. Mencken
Life Life Is A Street
A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them. H. L. Mencken
Love Man First Tenderness He Remembers First Love Always His Bunch Begins After Them Special
I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone. H. L. Mencken
Liberty Believe Enough One Thing Only Only One Thing Force Want Anyone Thing
Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed. H. L. Mencken
Life Truth Nine Out Ten Only Discovered Error Times Arts Exposed Actually
I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them. H. L. Mencken
People Meet Bad Detest Never Simply Sort Because Am Go Lecture Lectures Want Them Speaker Who Shy
No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man. H. L. Mencken
Man Believe Other Absolutely Idea Any Quite May Ever Believes
To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true! H. L. Mencken
Men Would Would-Be Unquestionably Noble True Idea Ideas How How Much Were Die Died Much
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 hell without perspiring. H. L. Mencken
World Will Hell Live Moral Able More Picking Without Go Go To Hell Up Than May Prejudices
When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands. H. L. Mencken
Women Kiss Shaking Reminds Always Prize Hands Fighters
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love. H. L. Mencken
Love Conversation Women Simple Men Pleasure Out Arms Get Tastes Children
Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true. H. L. Mencken
Be True Everyone Admitted True Idea
Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers. H. L. Mencken
Judge Law Own Marks Student His Who
Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince. H. L. Mencken
Enough Must Charms Poetry Prose Also Done Convince
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