The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-by to the Bill of Rights
H.L. Mencken
To be in love is merely to be In a state of perpetual anesthesia: To mistake an ordinary young man for a Greek god Or an ordinary young woman for a goddess.
H.L. Mencken
Men are the only animals that devote themselves, day in and day out, to making one another unhappy. It is an art like any other. Its virtuosi are called altruists.
H.L. Mencken
The Christian always mixes prudence with his devotion. He is willing to serve three gods, but draws the line at one wife.
H.L. Mencken
Many a time I have seen my mother leap up from the dinner table to engage the swarming flies with an improvised punkah, and heard her rejoice and give humble thanks simultaneously that Baltimore was not the sinkhole that Washington was.
H.L. Mencken
No matter how much a woman loved a man, it would still give her a glow to see him commit suicide for her.
H.L. Mencken
The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.
H.L. Mencken
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good
H.L. Mencken