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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The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy...

The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy...

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

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...

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its...

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its...

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage...

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage...

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides.