A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

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.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

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

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

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever...

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever...

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that...

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that...

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward...

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward...

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and...

It embarrasses me to think of all those years I was buying silk suits and...

Possession is nine tenths of the law

Possession is nine tenths of the law