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: Fear Quotes, Morality Quotes, Punishment Quotes, Sense Of Humor Quotes

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

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.

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...

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very...

The chief knowledge that a man gets from reading books is the knowledge that very...

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 -...

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

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...

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...

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...

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.

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

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

The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse - that is, to...

The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse - that is, to...

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...

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,...

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply...

The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply...

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform...

Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...

You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress...