H. L. Mencken Quote

Any defeat, however trivial, may be fatal to a savior of the plain people. They never admire a messiah with a bloody nose.

Mencken Chrestomathy (ed. Vintage, 2012) - ISBN: 9780307808875

Any defeat, however trivial, may be fatal to a savior of the plain people. They never admire a messiah with a bloody nose.

Any defeat, however trivial, may be fatal to a savior of the plain people. They never admire a messiah with a bloody nose.

Any defeat, however trivial, may be fatal to a savior of the plain people. They never admire a messiah with a bloody nose.

Any defeat, however trivial, may be fatal to a savior of the plain people. They never admire a messiah with a bloody nose.