Quotes by Mencken, H. L.

The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the u >>

A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his mer >>

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wr >>

Quotations about Men and Women

So it is naturally with the male and the female; the one is superior, >>

He is half of a blessed man. Left to be finished by such as she; and s >>

There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, so >>

A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. His most gaudy sayings and doings seldom deceive them; they see the actual man within, and know him for a shallow and pathetic fellow. In this fact, perhaps, lies one of the best proofs of feminine intelligence, or, as the common phrase makes it, feminine intuition.

Mencken, H. L.