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

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins...

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

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

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

That it should still be necessary, at this late stage in the senility of the...

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

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...

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...

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

The more a man dreams, the less he believes

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the...

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the...

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...

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

Morality is nothing but a struggle for safety

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

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

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...

There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no...

There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no...

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

For every problem there is a solution which is simple, clean and wrong.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

It isn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work...

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don't work...

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and...

Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and...