The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

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The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always...

The kind of man who wants government to adopt and enforce his ideas is always...

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,...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

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 worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.

The only really happy folk are married women and single men.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

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...

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

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 theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he...

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable...

A great literature is chiefly the product of inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable...

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one...

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one...

Truth would quickly cease to become stranger than fiction, once we got as used to...

Truth would quickly cease to become stranger than fiction, once we got as used to...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The way to hold a husband is to keep him a little jealous; the way...

The fundamentalist mind, running in a single rut for fifty years, is now quite unable...

The fundamentalist mind, running in a single rut for fifty years, is now quite unable...

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia--to mistake...

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia--to mistake...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.

Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin-it's the triumphant twang of a...

Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin-it's the triumphant twang of a...

I'll take a breath, take you by my side Under the sunlight, Welcome to this...

I'll take a breath, take you by my side Under the sunlight, Welcome to this...