I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to find that men of ordinary capacity can learn Sanskrit in less time that it takes me to buy a German Dictionary

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his...

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

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.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage...

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are...

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides,...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides,...

Don't worry when I fight with you, worry when I stop because it means there's...

Don't worry when I fight with you, worry when I stop because it means there's...

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue