I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming with…

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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...

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

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.

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

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

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

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured,...

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured,...

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next...

If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next...

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

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

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

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

May you live in interesting times

May you live in interesting times

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides,...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides,...

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue.

I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that...

I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that...