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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who has never hoped can never despair

He who has never hoped can never despair

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

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...

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

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

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

May you live in interesting times

May you live in interesting times

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

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.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays...

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays...

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to...

I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to...