The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a...

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured,...

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured,...

Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.

Nursing would be a dream job if there were no doctors.

When Medicare was created for senior citizens and America 's disabled in 1965, about half...

When Medicare was created for senior citizens and America 's disabled in 1965, about half...