Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. H. L. Mencken on intelligence
No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby. H. L. Mencken on intelligence
We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine. H. L. Mencken on knowledge
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 on life
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. H. L. Mencken on love
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. H. L. Mencken on love
Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another. H. L. Mencken on love
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love. H. L. Mencken on love
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 on love
A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them. H. L. Mencken on love
Adultery is the application of democracy to love. H. L. Mencken on love
Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them. H. L. Mencken on love
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 on love
Bachelors know more about women than married men if they didn't they'd be married too. H. L. Mencken on marriage
Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him. H. L. Mencken on marriage
Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later for another thing, they die earlier. H. L. Mencken on marriage
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution? H. L. Mencken on marriage
Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest. H. L. Mencken on marriage
For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end. H. L. Mencken on marriage
Honor is simply the morality of superior men. H. L. Mencken on men