About H. L. Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on literature, music, prominent politicians, and contemporary movements. His satirical reporting on the Scopes trial, which he dubbed the "Monkey Trial", also earned him...
More quotations from H. L. Mencken
A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.
The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
More quotations tagged with “conscience”
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
There is one thing alone
that stands the brunt of life throughout its course:
a quiet conscience.
In the courtroom of the conscience, a case is always in progress.
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