A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier. H. L. Mencken crazydeviceignorant Change image and share on social
Criticism is prejudice made plausible. H. L. Mencken criticismmakeplausible Change image and share on social
Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven. H. L. Mencken arcadiacategoryclaus Change image and share on social
The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral. H. L. Mencken bawdycathedralhouse Change image and share on social
No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight. H. L. Mencken averagefortylive Change image and share on social
The only really happy folk are married women and single men. H. L. Mencken folkhappyman Change image and share on social
Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends. H. L. Mencken conscienceendlaw Change image and share on social
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking. H. L. Mencken consciencevoicewarn Change image and share on social
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 excelexperienceman Change image and share on social
The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety. H. L. Mencken complexemotionfear Change image and share on social
