Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively selfish and cruel as children necessarily are without knowing it or meaning it, cannot be called natural

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Adulthood Quotes, Affection Quotes

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that...

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that...

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

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.

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

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 have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

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...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth...

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth...

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a...

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.