To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Death And Dying Quotes, Ideas Quotes

When women kiss, it always reminds one of prizefighters shaking hands

When women kiss, it always reminds one of prizefighters shaking hands

Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs.

Jealousy is a keen observer, but looks for all the wrong signs.

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its...

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its...

Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.

Complete masculinity and stupidity are often indistinguishable.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another

Love is the delusion that one woman differs from another

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...

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...

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents,...

They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents,...

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that...

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that...

Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit -...

Nothing is more patent, indeed, than the fact that charity merely converts the unfit -...

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it...

Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it...

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

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

The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such...

The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such...

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....

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...

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were...

My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were...

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.

I can believe anything provided it is incredible.