Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist,...

The average newspaper, especially of the better sort, has the intelligence of a hillbilly evangelist,...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production...

Science, at bottom, is really anti-intellectual. It always distrusts pure reason, and demands the production...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar

Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste

Jealousy: The theory that some other fellow has just as little taste

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter...

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter...

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.

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...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

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.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction...

Government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction...

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it...

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

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...

I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.

I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.

We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.

We have drugs to make women speak, but none to keep them silent.