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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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.

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's...

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

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...

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

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

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...

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not...

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not...

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

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.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

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....

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

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

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

I think all students start off with incredible ability and curiosity, and if they're given...

I think all students start off with incredible ability and curiosity, and if they're given...

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy