Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

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...

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's...

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's...

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

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...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

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.

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.

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...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

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.