Quotes by H. L. Mencken

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.

Bachelors know more about women than married men if they didn't they'd be married too.

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later for another thing, they die earlier.

Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them.