"I believe that it is better to..." - Quote by H L Mencken

“The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology.”

“The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science that smiles in your face while it picks your pocket.”

“At eight or nine, I suppose intelligence is no more than a small spot of light on the floor of a large and murky room.”

“If you simply try to tell the truth you will, nine times out of ten, be original without ever having noticed it.”

“He in whom the love of truth predominates . . . submits to the inconvenience of suspense and imperfect opinion; but he is a candidate for truth . . . and respects the highest law of his being.”

“What is true never fears investigation; what is false... fears everything.”

“The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither.”

“I like to be a free spirit. Some don't like that, but that's the way I am.”

“Art made tongue-tied by authority.”