There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for happiness

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Happiness Quotes, Impulses Quotes

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

Good government is that which delivers the citizen from the risk of being done out...

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...

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely...

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly...

Living with a dog is messy - like living with an idealist

Living with a dog is messy - like living with an idealist

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

I can only imagine very stupid people looking at it (Television)

When we appropriate money from the public funds to pay for vaccinating a horde of...

When we appropriate money from the public funds to pay for vaccinating a horde of...

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

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

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

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the...

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.

Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.

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...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

Idealist: One who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that...

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the...

It takes a long while for a naturally trustful person to reconcile himself to the...

Trust is the deepest root of the human relationship tree and perhaps the only cherished...

Trust is the deepest root of the human relationship tree and perhaps the only cherished...

There are all kinds of ways for a relationship to be tested, even broken, some,...

There are all kinds of ways for a relationship to be tested, even broken, some,...