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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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.

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...

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may...

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may...

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

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...

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.

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

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...

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven...

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...