mencken quotes

Adultery is the application of democracy to love
-- H.L. Mencken on Murphy n°2

Those who can - do
Those who cannot -- teach
Those who cannot teach -- administrate
-- Mencken's Law

Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sure sign he expects to be paid for it
-- H.L. Mencken on Murphy n°9

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup
-- H.L. Mencken on Murphy n°3

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after
that begins to bunch them.
-- Mencken

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers
-- H.L. Mencken on Murphy n°1

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard
-- H.L. Mencken on Murphy n°4

For every human problem, there is a neat, simple solution; and it is always wrong
-- Mencken's Metalaw

Puritanism - The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy
-- H.L. Mencken on Murphy n°7

When a man laughs at his misfortunes, he loses a great many friends
-- H.L. Mencken on Murphy n°8

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after
that begins to bunch them.
-- Mencken

Mencken's Law
-- H.L. Mencken on Murphy n°5