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H. L. Mencken Quotes

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American Writer September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956

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H. L. Mencken quote: "Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly."
Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly. H. L. Mencken
Years ago I predicted that these suffragettes, tried out by victory, would turn out to be idiots. They are now hard at work proving it. Half of them devote themselves to advocating reforms, chiefly of a sexual character, so utterly preposterous that even male politicians and newspaper editors laugh at them; the other half succumb absurdly to the blandishments of the old-time male politicians, and so enroll themselves in the great political parties. A woman who joins one of these parties... H. L. Mencken
Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is right and what is wrong. All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have whooped them up and tried to enforce them. The truly civilized man is always skeptical and tolerant. H. L. Mencken
Government today is growing too strong to be safe. There are no longer any citizens in the world there are only subjects. They work day in and day out for their masters they are bound to die for their masters at call. Out of this working and dying they tend to get less and less. 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
H. L. Mencken quote: "Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body."
Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body. H. L. Mencken
If the work of the average man required half the mental agility and readiness of resource of the work of the average prostitute, the average man would be constantly on the verge of starvation. H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken quote: "I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying..."
I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs. H. L. Mencken

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