If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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...

All progress means war with society.

All progress means war with society.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful...

Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful...

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not...

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and...

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...

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

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

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

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

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,...

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

Realize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic, bold move which by definition, cannot be planned.

Realize that ultimate success comes from opportunistic, bold move which by definition, cannot be planned.

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but...

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but...