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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

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

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

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...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

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...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

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

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

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

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...

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

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...

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not...

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not...

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,...

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

I want to be all used up when I die.

I want to be all used up when I die.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.