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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see...

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see...

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,...

May you live in interesting times

May you live in interesting times

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

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...

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years...

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in...

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...

Nothing is more dishonorable than an old man, heavy with years, who has no other...