Henry Louis Mencken
United States
12 Sep 1880 // 29 Jan 1956
Journalist / Satirist /Social critic
12 Sep 1880 // 29 Jan 1956
Journalist / Satirist /Social critic
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No article of faith is proof against the disintegrating effects of increasing information; one might almost describe the acquirement of knowledge as a process of disillusion
Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing they marry later; for another thing they die earlier
Men become civilized not in proportion to their willingness to believe but in proportion to their readiness to doubt
Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for someone to complain to
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence
It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull
It is not the drinker, but the man who has just stopped drinking, who thinks the world is going to the dogs
It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause
In war, the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one
I'm thoroughly convinced that editors don't help authors
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays