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H. L. Mencken Quotes

American - Writer | September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956

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.

Man Honor Moral Difference Regrets

Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.

Funny You Back Say Will Always

Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.

Poetry Enough Done Convince Must

Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.

Law Judge Student Own Who Marks

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

Sports Hate Common Sense Person Who

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

Right Out Ten Nine Times Cynics

All government, of course, is against liberty.

Government Liberty Against Course

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Faith Belief May Illogical Defined

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.

Society Thought Capable Up Original

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

Money Value World Chief Lies Fact

When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands.

Women Kiss Hands Always Prize

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.

Man Believe May Idea Absolutely Any

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