A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be free to do so, for his death is a benefit to the race in general.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Death Quotes

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading...

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Painting is the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to...

Painting is the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would...

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform...

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform...

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she...

Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she...

The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and...

The only kind of freedom that the mob can imagine is freedom to annoy and...

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love

Adultery is the application of democracy to love

On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.

On one issue, at least, men and women agree: they both distrust women.

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true....

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true....

Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of...

Men always try to make virtues of their weaknesses. Fear of death and fear of...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

We must respect the other fellow's religion,but only in the sense and to the extent...

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty,...

Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration - courage, clear thinking, honesty,...

For when established identities become outworn or unfinished ones threaten to remain incomplete, special crises...

For when established identities become outworn or unfinished ones threaten to remain incomplete, special crises...

Let a man be firmly principled in his religion, he may travel from the tropics...

Let a man be firmly principled in his religion, he may travel from the tropics...