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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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.

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

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

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural...

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is,...

A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is,...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

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...

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...

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive,...

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive,...

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.