I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to find that men of ordinary capacity can learn Sanskrit in less time that it takes me to buy a German Dictionary

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify...

Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify...

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

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...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a...

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

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...

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited

Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't...

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't...