Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one...

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one...

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one...

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

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...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

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.

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

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...

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot...

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot...