I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid…

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge...

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge...

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

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

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

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

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

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it...

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it...

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity...

Money is the most important thing in the world. It represents health, strength, honor, generosity...

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...

People do not care how nobly they live, only how long, despite the fact that...