Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2001-11-19 Nov 19, 2001Moral indignation: jealousy with a halo.~ H. G. WellsWhenever 'A' attempts by law to impose his moral standards upon 'B', 'A' is most likely a scoundrel.~ H. L. Mencken Nov 16, 2001It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.~ Abraham LincolnHe hasn't one redeeming vice.~ Oscar Wilde Nov 15, 2001My ancestors were Puritans from England. They arrived here in 1648 in the hope of finding greater restrictions than were permissible under English law at that time.~ Garrison KeillorA puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton Nov 14, 2001A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two.~ Lucius Annaeus SenecaMan is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.~ Oscar Wilde Nov 13, 2001What becomes of the surplus of human life? It is either, 1st destroyed by infanticide, as among the Chinese and Lacedemonians; or 2nd it is stifled or starved, as among other nations whose population is commensurate to its food; or 3rd it is consumed by wars and endemic diseases; or 4th it overflows, by emigration, to places where a surplus of food is attainable.~ James Madison Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print