More From H. L. Mencken
- "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
- "Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."
- "For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end."
More In Men
- "Nine men in ten are would be suicides."― Benjamin Franklin
- "When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again."― Mike Tyson
- "I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don’t trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it."― Charles Dickens