Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 370
The only really happy folk are married women and single men. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 322
When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 310
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 162
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 97
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution? H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 93
I never smoked a cigarette until I was nine. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 82
Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 58
Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 8
In the duel of sex woman fights from a dreadnought and man from an open raft. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 5
A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 5
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 4
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 American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 4
Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 4
Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 3
Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 3
No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 3
Adultery is the application of democracy to love. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 3
I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 3
It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 3
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 3
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. H. L. Mencken American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 2
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 American Writer More H. L. Mencken Quotes 1