Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively selfish and cruel as children necessarily are without knowing it or meaning it, cannot be called natural

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Adulthood Quotes, Affection Quotes

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases...

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases...

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very...

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

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

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

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like; it is the only way in which a...

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like; it is the only way in which a...

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...

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

The only service a friend can really render is to keep your courage by holding...

The only service a friend can really render is to keep your courage by holding...

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone...

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone...

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not...

Remember that whatever may be said by a lady or her friends, it is not...

I was raised in the Jewish tradition, taught never to marry a Gentile woman, shave...

I was raised in the Jewish tradition, taught never to marry a Gentile woman, shave...