Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not gone beyond a limited technology of perdition.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

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...

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify...

Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify...

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the...

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.