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The Life and Riotous Times of H.L. Mencken QUOTES

1 " If I knew what was true, I’d be willing to sweat and strive for it, and maybe even to die for it to the tune of bugle blasts. But so far, I have not found it, "

― William Manchester , The Life and Riotous Times of H.L. Mencken

2 " The morning’s news is that Roosevelt is openly shipping planes to the Allies. This, of course, is an act of war, and I assume that Hitler will be heard from. Thus the constitution is evaded once more, and the country is thrown into enormous hazard and expense by the act of one jackass. "

― William Manchester , The Life and Riotous Times of H.L. Mencken

3 " A prudent man,” he had written, remembering that life is short, gives an hour or two, now and then, to a critical examination of his friendships. He weighs them, edits them, tests the metal of them. A few he retains, perhaps with radical changes in their terms. But the majority he expunges from his minutes and tries to forget, as he tries to forget the cold and clammy loves of year before last. "

― William Manchester , The Life and Riotous Times of H.L. Mencken

4 " The marriage of a first rate man, when it takes place at all, commonly takes place relatively late… as a man grows older, the disabilities he suffers by marriage tend to diminish and the advantages to increase. "

― William Manchester , The Life and Riotous Times of H.L. Mencken

5 " In all matters of manners I am, and always have been, a strict conformist. My dissents are from ideas, not from decorums, and I do not favor wearing odd clothes, or living in an eccentric house, or making odd noises. "

― William Manchester , The Life and Riotous Times of H.L. Mencken