H. L. Mencken said this quote

“ One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring. ”

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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.

~ H. L. Mencken

Nothing can come out of an artist that is not in the man.

~ H. L. Mencken

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy but that it is a bore.

~ H. L. Mencken

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one wouldn't care to drink with - even if he drank.

~ H. L. Mencken