I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

Quote by H L Mencken

Topics: Truth Quotes

Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.

Judge: a law student who marks his own examination-papers.

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I...

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I...

Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended...

Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended...

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes...

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes...

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque...

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque...

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it...

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and...

Morality is the theory that every human act must be either right or wrong, and...

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on...

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on...

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.

Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

We must be willing to pay a price for freedom.

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no...

Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no...

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is...

A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is...

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

Most people want security in this world, not liberty.

Life is a dead-end street.

Life is a dead-end street.