Logo
Quote by H.L. Mencken
Historian: an unsuccessful novelist. - H.L. Mencken

Historian: an unsuccessful novelist. – H.L. Mencken

Other quotes by H.L. Mencken

Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays out twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages. – H.L. Mencken

Category:
Taxes
Author
H.L. Mencken
Read Quote

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way to lose him is to keep him a little more jealous. – H.L. Mencken

Category:
Marriage
Author
H.L. Mencken
Read Quote

Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. – H.L. Mencken

Category:
Humorous
Author
H.L. Mencken
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
History
category

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule. – Jefferson Davis

Category:
History

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion. – Barbara Tuchman

Category:
History

I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction. – Martin Scorsese

Category:
History

To this wonderful page in our countrys history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters. – Giuseppe Garibaldi

Category:
History

Random Quotes

Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys. – Madeleine L’Engle

Category:
Faith

The magic of America is that were a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom. – Madeleine Albright

Category:
Freedom

Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition. – Fred Melamed

Category:
Christmas

Sometimes your dreams come true. – Frank Bruno

Category:
Dreams