I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of...

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of...

The only service a friend can really render is to keep your courage by holding...

The only service a friend can really render is to keep your courage by holding...

A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

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.

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it...

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell...

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell...

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Love, Arthur, is a poodle's chance of attaining the infinite, and personally I have my...

Love, Arthur, is a poodle's chance of attaining the infinite, and personally I have my...