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...

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural...

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural...

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.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront...

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront...

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

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...

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less...

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less...

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers...

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers...

The sincerest love is the love of food.

The sincerest love is the love of food.

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive,...

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive,...

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

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

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first...

And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first...

It is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for.

It is sweet to drink but bitter to pay for.