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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I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of...

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

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...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window...

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who looks at it when it...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who looks at it when it...

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.

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.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were...

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were...

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is...

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is...