In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

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

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

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never...

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never...

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not...

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not...

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very...

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very...

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

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

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.