More quotes by H. L. Mencken

"One of the most mawkish of human delusions is the notion that friendship should be eternal, or, at all events, life-long, and that any act which puts a term to it is somehow discreditable."
"Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop."
"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage."
"The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line."
"Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence."