H. L. Mencken Quotes About Waiting

• All of the great patriots now engaged in edging and squirming their way toward the Presidency of the Republic run true to form. That is to say, they are all extremely wary, and all more or less palpable frauds. What they want, primarily, is the job; the necessary equipment of unescapable issues, immutable principles and soaring ideals can wait until it becomes more certain which way the mob will be whooping.

  H. L. Mencken

  Running, Jobs, Issues

• There is nothing worse than an idle hour, with no occupation offering. People who have many such hours are simply animals waiting docilely for death. We all come to that state soon or late. It is the curse of senility.

  H. L. Mencken

  Death, Animal, Offering

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.86, Knopf

• No man is worthy of unlimited reliance-his treason, at best, only waits for sufficient temptation.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Waiting, Temptation

  H.L. Mencken (2012). “Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.10, Vintage

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