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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

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

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

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one...

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are...

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are...