Quotes by : H. L. Mencken

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy but that it is a bore.

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane.....

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of....

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing they marry later. For another thing they....

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.....

Hope: A pathological belief in the occurrence of the impossible.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so....

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.....

Unionism seldom if ever uses such powers as it has to ensure better work almost always it devotes....