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H. L. Mencken Quotes

H. L. Mencken quotes

American Writer September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956

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H. L. Mencken quote: "Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull."
Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull. H. L. Mencken
I know of no American who starts from a higher level of aspiration than the journalist. . . . He plans to be both an artist and a moralist -- a master of lovely words and merchant of sound ideas. He ends, commonly, as the most depressing jackass of his community -- that is, if his career goes on to what is called a success. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you..."
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth. H. L. Mencken
Here is something that the psychologists have so far neglected: the love of ugliness for its own sake, the lust to make the world intolerable. Its habitat is the United States. Out of the melting pot emerges a race which hates beauty as it hates truth. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the..."
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that..."
Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it..."
Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual..."
To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop."
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness,..."
A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them. H. L. Mencken
The fact is that the average man's love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another."
Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Adultery is the application of democracy to love."
Adultery is the application of democracy to love. H. L. Mencken
An enchanted life has many moments when the heart is overwhelmed with beauty and the imagination is electrified by some haunting quality in the world or by a spirit or voice speaking from deep within a thing, a place, or a person." ~ Henry Louis Mencken H. L. Mencken

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