If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

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.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

All progress means war with society.

All progress means war with society.

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

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...

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

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.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is...

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is...

Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.

Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking...

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking...