H. L. Mencken Quotes

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

The worst crime is faking it.

Fakery in allegiance to the truth.

It might be said that the pose of absolute honesty is the most dishonest one of all.

All I can say is anybody who's spent most of his life living a lie is not somebody I admire.

The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.

The truthful man is usually a liar.

We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?

Put away from you a dissembling mouth.

It is dishonorable to say one thing and think another; how much more dishonorable to write one thing and think another.

Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.

The truth just happens - lies take time to make.

I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.

I am not honest.

Always be sincere, even if you don't mean it.

Be honest with yourself and lie to everyone else.

I'm a really bad liar.

Be a hypocrite if you like, but don't talk like one.

Hypocrisy is not the failure to practice what you preach but the failure to believe it. Hypocrisy is propaganda.

I don't think there is a single character in 'The Graduate' that is not a phony, to one degree or another, except Benjamin and Elaine, and only in the scenes when they are alone together.

I loathe people who are disingenuous or inauthentic.

I can't stand lying. I can't stand liars.

There's no honor in faking an injury. There is no integrity, because you are lying about it.

We're against hypocrisy, lies, bigotry, show business, insincerity, phonies, and fakers.