Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

H. L. Mencken Quotes: The only really happy folk are married women and single men.
         

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.


H. L. Mencken
Check all other quotes by H. L. Mencken

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





The only really happy folk are married women and single men.
         



Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"H. L. Mencken Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 22 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/The-only-really-happy-folk-are-married-302346>.





Check out


Other quotes of H. L. Mencken


Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.



On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.



The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.



The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.



Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.

Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.



Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.




The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.

The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.



It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.



Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.





Other quotes you may like


Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading.

Do you want to die old and craven in your bed?- How else? Though not till I'm done reading.



What can a soldier do when mercy is treason, and he is alone in it?

What can a soldier do when mercy is treason, and he is alone in it?



Ronald Reagan said that he sought a Star Wars defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R.

Ronald Reagan said that he sought a Star Wars defense only in order to share the technology with the tyrants of the U.S.S.R.



They do say breastfeeding is nature’s lipo.

They do say breastfeeding is nature’s lipo.



You've got to know someone pretty well to hate them.

You've got to know someone pretty well to hate them.



So we do software for watches, for phones, for TV sets, for cars. And some of these take a long time to catch on.

So we do software for watches, for phones, for TV sets, for cars. And some of these take a long time to catch on.



A great many people are trying to make peace, but that has already been done. God has not left it for us to do; all we have to do is to enter into it.

A great many people are trying to make peace, but that has already been done. God has not left it for us to do; all we have to do is to enter into it.



It was like he was being controlled by a 10 year-old on a PlayStation.

It was like he was being controlled by a 10 year-old on a PlayStation.



You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.

You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.



I've made solo records and that's all been a learning experience. I've just got better at singing and more comfortable with who I am and my voice.

I've made solo records and that's all been a learning experience. I've just got better at singing and more comfortable with who I am and my voice.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "The only really happy folk are married women and single men.". Author of this quote is H. L. Mencken. This quote is about single, men, happy,.