Quotes by Mencken, H. L.

The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledg >>

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what They want, an >>

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, e >>

Quotations about Law and Lawyers

A lawyer is a gentlemen that rescues your estate from your enemies and >>

Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them t >>

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead >>

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

Mencken, H. L.