All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured,...

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured,...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

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...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

He who has never hoped can never despair

He who has never hoped can never despair

Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends

Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends

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

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

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

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

Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify...

Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.