A Little Book in C Major, New York, NY, John Lane Company (1916) p. 53
1910s
Henry Louis Mencken: Frases em inglês (página 8)
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Variante: If we assume that man actually does resemble God, then we are forced into the impossible theory that God is a coward, an idiot and a bounder.
“Theology — An effort to explain the unknowable by putting it into terms of the not worth knowing.”
1940s–present, A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
"What I Believe" in The Forum 84 (September 1930), p. 139; some of these expressions were also used separately in other Mencken essays.
1930s
Contexto: I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind — that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking.
I believe that no discovery of fact, however trivial, can be wholly useless to the race, and that no trumpeting of falsehood, however virtuous in intent, can be anything but vicious.
I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war upon liberty and the democratic form is as bad as any of the other forms.
I believe that the evidence for immortality is no better than the evidence of witches, and deserves no more respect.
I believe in the complete freedom of thought and speech — alike for the humblest man and the mightiest, and in the utmost freedom of conduct that is consistent with living in organized society.
I believe in the capacity of man to conquer his world, and to find out what it is made of, and how it is run.
I believe in the reality of progress.
I —But the whole thing, after all, may be put very simply. I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than be ignorant.
“Christian — One who is willing to serve three Gods, but draws the line at one wife.”
1940s–present, A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)
"The Calamity of Appomattox," The American Mercury (September 1930)
1930s
Prejudices, Fourth Series, ch. 11 (1924)
1920s
Preface to the first edition of The American Credo : A Contribution Toward the Interpretation of the National Mind (1920)
1920s
1940s–present, Introduction to Nietzsche's The Antichrist
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1940s–present, Minority Report : H.L. Mencken's Notebooks (1956)
“When the water reaches the upper deck, follow the rats.”
Mencken quotes this in Newspaper Days, 1899–1906 (1941) as a maxim he learned from Al Goodman
Misattributed
The Art Eternal, New York Evening Mail (1918)
1910s
Men versus the Man: A Correspondence between Robert Rives La Monte, Socialist, and H.L. Mencken, Individualist (1910), pg. 116
1910s
"Duty Before Security", The Smart Set, June 1919 http://books.google.com/books?id=ySscAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Women+have+a+hard+time+of+it+in+this+world+They+are+oppressed+by+man+made+laws+man+made+social+customs+masculine+egoism+the+delusion+of+masculine+superiority+Their+one+comfort+is+the+assurance+that+even+though+it+may+be+impossible+to+prevail+against+man+it+is+always+possible+to+enslave+and+torture+a+man%22&pg=RA1-PA49#v=onepage
"The Incomparable Buzzsaw", Prejudices: Second Series, Ch. 10 http://books.google.com/books?id=hy47AAAAYAAJ&q=%22Women+have+a+hard+time+of+it+in+this+world+They+are+oppressed+by+man+made+laws+man+made+social+customs+masculine+egoism+the+delusion+of+masculine+superiority+Their+one+comfort+is+the+assurance+that+even+though+it+may+be+impossible+to+prevail+against+man+it+is+always+possible+to+enslave+and+torture+a+man%22&pg=PA237#v=onepage (1920)
1910s