The pedant and the priest have always been the most expert of logicians -- and the most diligent disseminators of nonsense and worse.


The American Mercury (ed. 1924)

H. L. Mencken Quotes

The pedant and the priest have always been the most expert of logicians -- and the most diligent disseminators of nonsense and worse.

The pedant and the priest have always been the most expert of logicians -- and the most diligent disseminators of nonsense and worse.

The pedant and the priest have always been the most expert of logicians -- and the most diligent disseminators of nonsense and worse.

The pedant and the priest have always been the most expert of logicians -- and the most diligent disseminators of nonsense and worse.