Character Quote by H. L. Mencken

“Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is…

— H.L. Mencken

Moral certainty is always a sign of cultural inferiority. The more uncivilized the man, the surer he is that he knows precisely what is…

— H. L. Mencken

“Now, it is well known, that a man may with more impunity be guilty of an actual breach either of real good breeding or…

— Anonymous

“Morals are nothing but a civilized society’s attempt to tame some beast called man.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I swear that while I live I will do what little I can to preserve and to augment the liberties of man, woman, and…

— Robert G. Ingersoll

“Man should strive to be a gentleman in a barbaric world, merciful in a merciless time and humane in an inhumane culture.”

— Seth D

Man has but little heeded the advice of the wise men. He has been - fatefully, if not willingly - less virtuous, less constant,…

— Ralph Bunche

All human progress, even in morals, has been the work of men who have doubted the current moral values, not of men who have…

— H. L. Mencken

“I suppose all societies adapt their morals to their needs.”

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

— Confucius

“Because what is civilized life but an imposition of unreal standards upon flawed and defective human beings by other human beings no less flawed…

— Winston Graham

“Our wisdom is slavish prejudice, our customs consist in control, constraint, compulsion. Civilised man is born and dies a slave. The infant is bound…

— Jean Jacques Rousseau