More quotes by H.L. Mencken

"The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
"The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable."
"The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable."
"You never push a noun against a verb without trying to blow up something."
"Happiness is the china shop; love is the bull."