H. L. Mencken Quote

Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.


"The Divine Afflatus" in New York Evening Mail (16 November 1917); later published in Prejudices: Second Series (1920) and A Mencken Chrestomathy (1949)


Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.

Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.

Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.

Explanations exist; they have existed for all time; there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.