Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that...

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that...

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.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

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.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

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.

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

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...

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me...

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me...