
War may make a fool of man, but it by no means degrades him; on the contrary, it tends to exalt him, and its net effects are much like those of motherhood on women.

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.
Citation
Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:
MLA Style Citation
"H. L. Mencken Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2025. Sat. 22 Feb. 2025. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/War-may-make-a-fool-of-man-632375>.
Check out
Other quotes of H. L. Mencken

The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
Other quotes you may like
Quote Description
This page presents the quote "War may make a fool of man, but it by no means degrades him; on the contrary, it tends to exalt him, and its net effects are much like those of motherhood on women.". Author of this quote is H. L. Mencken. This quote is about military, may, effects, contrary, fool, motherhood, women, war, mean,.