H. L. Mencken Quotes & Sayings (Page 10)
H. L. Mencken quotes and sayings page 10 (writer). Here's quote # 91 through 100 out of the 125 we have.
“A Sunday school is a prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their parents.”
“God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.”
“I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.”
“It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.”
“A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.”
“Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.”
“The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.”
“Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.”
“Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.”
“All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.”
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