H. L. Mencken Quote

Get Started

"L'idéalisme est la noble toge que les hommes politiques drapent sur leur volonté de puissance"

Translations

MORE QUOTES BY H. L. Mencken

“A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas”

H. L. Mencken

“Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power”

“It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf”

“To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as rare as to prosecute a purely moral action”

FEATURED QUOTES

“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most ...”

“The only reason you're not living the life you want is because, day by day, you're feeding...”

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it”

“There’s a field somewhere beyond all doubt and wrong doing. I’ll meet you there.”

“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with...”

“It's not about winning or losing. It's about showing up and being your best.”

“Why do you stay in prison, when the door is so wide open?”

“Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work”

“Don't let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning”

“Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.”