H. L. Mencken Quote

Get Started

"L'homme le plus dangereux pour tout gouvernement est celui qui est capable de réfléchir."

Translations

MORE QUOTES BY H. L. Mencken

“An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes th...”

H. L. Mencken

“Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods”

“The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him”

“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar”

FEATURED QUOTES

“In the end it is about trying, failing and improving.”

“What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.”

“There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that wor...”

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead ...”

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success”

“What does not destroy me, makes me stronger”

“It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward”

“Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you’d be surprised, you are much stronger...”