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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery, it's the sincerest form of learning.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery, it's the sincerest form of learning.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

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...

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

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...

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the...

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

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

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

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without...

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without...

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.