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H. L. Mencken Quotes

H. L. Mencken quotes about women

American Writer September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956

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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
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
The woman who is not pursued sets up the doctrine that pursuit is offensive to her sex, and wants to make it a felony. No genuinely attractive woman has any such desire. She likes masculine admiration, however violently expressed, and is quite able to take care of herself. More, she is well aware that very few men are bold enough to offer it without a plain invitation, and this awareness makes her extremely cynical of all women who complain of being harassed, beset, storied, and seduced. All... H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal..."
If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing,..."
Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier. H. L. Mencken
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from..."
Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience. H. L. Mencken
If it were advertised that a troupe of men of easy virtue were to appear half-clothed upon a public stage, exposing their chests, thighs, arms and calves, the only women who would go to the entertainment would be a few delayed adolescents, a psychopathic old maid or two, and a guard of indignant members of the parish Ladies Aid. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters..."
When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands. H. L. Mencken
The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras holds out to sailors: they are enormously dangerous and hence enormously fascinating. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they..."
Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one..."
Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another. H. L. Mencken

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