Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Common Sense Quotes, Genius Quotes

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

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.

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...

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

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

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

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of...

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of...

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

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

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window...

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge...

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge...

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.

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.