Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies. H. L. Mencken Religion
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. H. L. Mencken Men
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. H. L. Mencken Truth
No one in this world, so far as I know - and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me - has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. H. L. Mencken Great
Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself. H. L. Mencken Relationship
Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him. H. L. Mencken Truth
One of the most mawkish of human delusions is the notion that friendship should be eternal, or, at all events, life-long, and that any act which puts a term to it is somehow discreditable. H. L. Mencken Friendship
Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience. H. L. Mencken Wisdom
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love. H. L. Mencken Women
I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time. H. L. Mencken Government
If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish. H. L. Mencken Women