H. L. Mencken Quotes

It is always edifying for mortals to look at a god.

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.

Mediocrity has no greater consolation than in the thought that genius is not immortal.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority

Persons of genius are, ex vi termini, more individual than any other people - less capable, consequently, of fitting themselves, without hurtful compression, into any of the small number of moulds which society provides in order to save its members the trouble of forming their character.

Every man carries the seed of his own death, and you will not be more than a man. You will have everything; you cannot have more.

He's built up to be invincible and no man is invincible, any man can be knocked out.

Being made merely in the image of God but not otherwise resembling him enough to be mistaken by anybody but a very near sighted person.

Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.

You spend your entire life becoming God and then you die.

I learned life were no dream I learned truth deceived Man is not God Life is a century Death an instant

If man cannot, what god dare claim perfection?

The world is so average, it doesn't take much to be a genius, just do a little extra

We are graced with a godlike ability to transcend time and space in our minds but are chained to death.

Something extraordinary is happening. Do you sense it? Truly, as obedience and morality decline in the world, the Lord is sending more exceptional spirits to earth. As a body they excel the average capacity of their forebears. Their potential for personal growth and positive contribution is enormous.

There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal.

For a few minutes of every day, every man becomes a genius. This is the tragedy of life.

The virgin birth, understood as literal biology, makes Christ's divinity, as traditionally understood, impossible.

I'm not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren't perfect.

I am only human, although I regret it.

Father Time is the make-up man responsible for the physical changes that determine the parts the average actor is to play.

Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? ... Gods don’t think they can become men

We mortals hear only the news, and know nothing at all.

It is a solemn thought: dead, the noblest man's meat is inferior to pork.