Maxioms by H. L. Mencken
No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
Imagine the Creator as a low comedian, and at once the world becomes explicable.
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation read more
The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
