H. L. Mencken Quote

Our literature, despite several false starts that promised much, is chiefly remarkable, now as always, for its respectable mediocrity.


Prejudices Second Series (ed. 1920)


Our literature, despite several false starts that promised much, is chiefly remarkable, now as always, for its respectable mediocrity.

Our literature, despite several false starts that promised much, is chiefly remarkable, now as always, for its respectable mediocrity.

Our literature, despite several false starts that promised much, is chiefly remarkable, now as always, for its respectable mediocrity.

Our literature, despite several false starts that promised much, is chiefly remarkable, now as always, for its respectable mediocrity.