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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

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...

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell...

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

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.

The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those...

The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those...

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

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

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

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...

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

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.

A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a...

It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a...

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or...

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or...