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Author: H.L. Mencken Page 5
Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
H.L. Mencken
(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
People
Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs of the Chicago stockyard.
H.L. Mencken
(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Insults
Reviews/Criticism
Henry James
Wife: A former sweetheart.
H.L. Mencken
(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Wives
Sweeetheart
A man always blames the woman who fooled him, in the same way he blames the door he walks into in the dark.
H.L. Mencken
(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Men
People
Women
Blame
Happiness is the China shop; love is the bull.
H.L. Mencken
(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Emotions
Happiness
Love
No married man is genuinely happy if he has to drink worse whisky than he used to drink when he was single.
H.L. Mencken
(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Alcohol
Marriage
Men
Single
Whisky
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
H.L. Mencken
(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Characteristics
Government
Honesty
Politicians
Burglars
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
(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Characteristics
Bad
Honor
Morals
Regret
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