A tin horn politician with the manner of a rural corn doctor and the mien of a ham actor
H. L. MenckenMen always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of life both become piety.
H. L. MenckenI believe that it should be perfectly lawful to print even things that outrage the pruderies and prejudices of the general, so long as any honest minority, however small, wants to read them. The remedy of the majority is not prohibition, but avoidance.
H. L. MenckenAll the charming and beautiful things, from the Song of Songs, to bouillabaisse, and from the nine Beethoven symphonies to the Martini cocktail, have been given to humanity by men who, when the hour came, turned from tap water to something with color in it, and more in it than mere oxygen and hydrogen.
H. L. Mencken