I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was to be done that all Parliament has had to do was read my works and do the opposite.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one...

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one...

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 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...

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

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...

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...

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

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...

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

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

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

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

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

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.