Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.

The evil to be attacked is not sin, suffering, greed, priesthood, kingcraft, demagogy, monopoly, ignorance,...

The evil to be attacked is not sin, suffering, greed, priesthood, kingcraft, demagogy, monopoly, ignorance,...

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

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.

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

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

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

All progress means war with society.

All progress means war with society.

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 universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

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,...

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

To be successful, the first thing to do is fall in love with your work.

To be successful, the first thing to do is fall in love with your work.

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself...

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself...

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a...

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a...