Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of...

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of...

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to...

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to...

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced...

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced...

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

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.

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and...

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and...

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

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...

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

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

Let's have some new cliches.

Let's have some new cliches.

The drivers have one foot on the brake, one on the clutch, and one on...

The drivers have one foot on the brake, one on the clutch, and one on...