A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of...

I think I should have no other mortal wants if I could always have plenty...

I think I should have no other mortal wants if I could always have plenty...

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery, it's the sincerest form of learning.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery, it's the sincerest form of learning.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it...

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify...

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify...

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

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...

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

I want to be all used up when I die.

I want to be all used up when I die.

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...