Quotes by Mencken, H. L.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love. >>

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a seri >>

There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. >>

Quotations about Public

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the p >>

A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely dis >>

The measure of your quality as a public person, as a citizen, is the g >>

The public, with its mob yearning to be instructed, edified and pulled by the nose, demands certainties; it must be told definitely and a bit raucously that this is true and that is false. But there are no certainties.

Mencken, H. L.