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H. L. Mencken — Portrait after a picture by Ben Pinchot (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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H. L. Mencken

American journalist and writer

1880–1956

63 quotes, most often on Government, Politics and Clever Jabs. Part of the Writers collection.

Lawyer — One who protects us against robbers by taking away the temptation.
A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
- Clever Jabs
- Laws
An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
- Clever Jabs
In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for. As for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.
A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
- Clever Jabs
- Politics
The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing the peace.
A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
- Clever Jabs
- Politics
Shave a gorilla and it would be almost impossible, at twenty paces, to distinguish him from a heavyweight champion of the world. Skin a chimpanzee, and it would take an autopsy to prove he was not a theologian.
Baltimore Evening Sun (4 April 1927)
- Clever Jabs
- Theology

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