H. L. Mencken Quotes About Wisdom

• Human progress is furthered, not by conformity, but by aberration.

  H. L. Mencken

  Wisdom, Progress, Aberration

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Second Mencken Chrestomathy”, p.470, Vintage

• You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing.

  H. L. Mencken

  Life, Change, Wisdom

• The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

  H. L. Mencken

  Inspirational, Birthday, Wisdom

  H. L. Mencken (2009). “Prejudices: Third Series”, p.311, Cosimo, Inc.

• It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.

  H. L. Mencken

  Wise, Running, Wisdom

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.80, Knopf

• To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

  H. L. Mencken

  Wisdom, Men, Ideas

• No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.

  H. L. Mencken

  Wise, Wisdom, Women

  H.L. Mencken “A little book in C major”, Рипол Классик

• Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.

  H. L. Mencken

  Wisdom, Men, Literature

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