A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were...

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were...

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

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

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

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who...

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who...

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

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.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

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

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

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are...

Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are...