Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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...

All progress means war with society.

All progress means war with society.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

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

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

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

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

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants...

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

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.

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...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

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...

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

Chess is not only knowledge and logic.