Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Ethics Quotes, Time Quotes

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with...

History deals mainly with captains and kings, gods and prophets, exploiters and despoilers, not with...

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that...

Morality: The theory that every human act must either be right or wrong, and that...

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both...

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both...

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

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

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...

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably...

A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably...

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...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Adultery is the application of democracy to love

Adultery is the application of democracy to love

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

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

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

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...

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think...

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think...

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...

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

School days are the unhappiest in the whole span if human existence. They are full...

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...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men...

The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men...

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek...

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...

Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms (of government) those entrusted with power...