Famous Quotes by H.L. Mencken

“I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey.”

H.L. Mencken

“An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.”

H.L. Mencken

“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”

H.L. Mencken

“We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.”

H.L. Mencken