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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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...

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

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

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

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 nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

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...

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to...

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to...

A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

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

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

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

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

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the...

If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the...

If there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it...

If there be any difference among professed believers as to the sense of Scripture, it...