(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

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'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

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...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as...

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

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.

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.