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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Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit....

Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit....

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

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.

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not...

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not...

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

General consultant to mankind.

General consultant to mankind.

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...

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...