Feeling down? A little bored? Here's some H. L. Mencken:

[joemurphy]

"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."

"Nature abhors a moron."

"Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable."

"A man full of faith is simply one who has lost (or never had) the capacity for clear and realistic thought. He is not a mere ass; he is actually ill. Worse, he is incurable."


"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong."

"A professional politician is a professionally dishonorable man. In order to get anywhere near high office he has to make so many compromises and submit to so many humiliations that he becomes indistinguishable from a streetwalker."

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. And I'm going to post here...

just because of the quote in my sig line.

[Demeter]

2. It's not helping...

but then, in the state of mind I'm in, nothing less than wholesale indictments could bring the hint of a smile to my life.

[chaumont58]

3. "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American..

public."

Nothing truer has ever been said. I think it ought to be on our money.

[Sal Minella]

4. All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some

admit it. I myself deny it.

[bryant69]

5. My favorite Mencken Quote

"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all."

Like many of his quotes, depressingly true.

Bryant
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[joemurphy]

6. I like this one too:

"Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution."