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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven

A happy family is but an earlier heaven

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who looks at it when it...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who looks at it when it...

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

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

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

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever...

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever...

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

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.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less...

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less...

You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk-dancing.

You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk-dancing.

X-rays will prove to be a hoax

X-rays will prove to be a hoax