But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be...

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be...

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.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

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...

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

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,...

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.

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

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...

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no...

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no...