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

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No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

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...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

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...

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

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

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

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

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

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.

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist

The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it...

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it...

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...

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

What great delight it is to see the ones we love and then to have...

What great delight it is to see the ones we love and then to have...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...