An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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.

Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law...

Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

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....

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

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...

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.

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...

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the...

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the...

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of...

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of...

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

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

How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself....

How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself....

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another...

The most wonderful of all things in life, I believe, is the discovery of another...

Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.