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H. L. Mencken Quotes

H. L. Mencken quotes about happy

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
My belief is that happiness is necessarily transient. The natural state of a reflective man is one of depression. The world is a botch. Women can make men perfectly happy, but they seldom know how to do it. They make too much effort: they overlook the powerful effect of simple amiability. Women are also the cause of the worst kind of unhappiness. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "The only really happy folk are married women and single men."
The only really happy folk are married women and single men. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse..."
No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "There is in writing the constant joy of sudden discovery, of..."
There is in writing the constant joy of sudden discovery, of happy accident. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be..."
Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil."
Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil. H. L. Mencken

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