Conscience is the inner voice that warns us that someone might be looking.

Quote by H L Mencken

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Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.

Love is the delusion that one man or woman differs from another.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.

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...

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

Life is a dead-end street.

Life is a dead-end street.

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also...

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also...

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together....

For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together....

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

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

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

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never...

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never...

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach,...

It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach,...

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.

It is hard for the ape to believe he descended from man.

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the...

Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the...

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that...

Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that...

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.

Husbands never become good; they merely become proficient.