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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the...

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

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

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

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

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

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

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

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.

Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various...

Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various...

The concept of active cooperation has taken the place of opposition to the new form...

The concept of active cooperation has taken the place of opposition to the new form...