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

Quote by H L Mencken

Topics: Love Quotes, Witty Quotes

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

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...

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

The truth that survives is simply the lie that is pleasantest to believe.

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia.

To be in love is merely to be in a perpetual state of anesthesia.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums...

War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums...

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

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

No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the...

No one in this world has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the...

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from...

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from...

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please...

If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please...

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

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

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

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

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

Every man is his own hell.

Every man is his own hell.

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is...

The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is...

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe...

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe...

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...

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

As long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other...

As long as your ideas of what's possible are limited by what's actual, no other...