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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1230 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry Louis Mencken (1880–1956) |
| QUOTATION: | The value the world sets upon motives is often grossly unjust and inaccurate. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | H. L. MENCKEN, A Mencken Chrestomathy, p. 12 (1949). This is the opening sentence of his essay, “The Scientist,” first published in The Smart Set, August 1919. |
| SUBJECTS: | Motives |
| WORKS: | H.L. Mencken Collection |
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