Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

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

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

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it...

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...

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been...

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been...

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.