A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

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

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

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without...

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without...

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...

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

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

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants...

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants...

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.

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 man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

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...

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that...

To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

Experience is what really happens to you in the long run; the truth that finally...

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid

We have to start teaching ourselves not to be afraid