"Time is a great legalizer, even in the…" — H. L. Mencken

"Time is a great legalizer, even in the field of morals"

— H. L. Mencken

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647 Quotes by H. L. Mencken

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A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
Religion deserves no more respect than a pile of garbage.
When I die, I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever…
People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.
Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he…
Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I'll walk up to God…
The Old Testament, as everyone who has looked into it is aware, drips with blood; there is, indeed, no more…
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt.
To every complex question there is a simple answer and it is wrong...
The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is…
I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services…
Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those…

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More Ethics Quotes

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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. — Aristotle
Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel… — Mary Kay Ash
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right… — Kate Atkinson
I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way… — Richard Bach
Respect is what we owe; love, what we give. — Philip James Bailey
Great necessities call out great virtues. — Abigail Adams
I like Cinderella, I really do. She has a good work ethic. I appreciate a good, hard-working gal. And she… — Amy Adams
What I respect in people more than anything is work ethic. And Justin Timberlake's got that. He works his tail… — Amy Adams
You do not know our culture, our ethics, or the unwritten codes that already provide our society more order than… — John Perry Barlow
Morality is a private and costly luxury. — Henry Adams

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