Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

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...

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 worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and...

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity...

Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

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

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

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.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify...

Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify...

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

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

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

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.