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

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Ethics Quotes, Time Quotes

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party...

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party...

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?

Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.

Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

Democratic man, as I have remarked, is quite unable to think of himself as a...

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,...

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...

There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the...

There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the...

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...

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

An individual who forces himself to accept this or that idea, or who pretends to...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

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.

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true....

The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true....

A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like

A critic is a man who writes about things he doesn't like

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

What would you do if you knew you could not fail?

What would you do if you knew you could not fail?

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser.

If you gone come in second, you're just the first loser.

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict...

It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict...