I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that honesty is the best policy.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one...

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one...

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers...

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers...

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.

A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not...

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not...

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...

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

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

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

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit.

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...