What restrains us from killing is partly fear of punishment, partly moral scruple, and partly what may be described as a sense of humor.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Humor Quotes

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

All talk of winning the people by appealing to their intelligence, of conquering them by...

All talk of winning the people by appealing to their intelligence, of conquering them by...

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

The way for newspapers to meet the competition of radio and television is simply to...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous...

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

Remorse is regret that one waited so long to do it

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

Love: The delusion that one woman differs from another

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war...

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice...

A sense of humor always withers in the presence of the messianic delusion, like justice...

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...

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...

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...

Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his...

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all...

The formula of the argument is simple and familiar: to dispose of a problem all...

And out of each (schoolhouse) is vomited the standard product of the New Pedagogy -...

And out of each (schoolhouse) is vomited the standard product of the New Pedagogy -...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

Men are sad because they have to die so soon, women are sad because they...

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...

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own...

Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own...

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...