The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line. – H. L. Mencken
Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it. – H. L. Mencken
Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed. – H. L. Mencken
A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them. – H. L. Mencken
To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia – to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess. – H. L. Mencken