In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he outdoes Nature herself, and produces by chemistry and machinery all the slaughter of plague, pestilence, and famine.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Art Quotes, Nature Quotes

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

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.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

I want to be all used up when I die.

I want to be all used up when I die.

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

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...

You'll get more out of me and a machine than you will out of twenty...

You'll get more out of me and a machine than you will out of twenty...

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

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...

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

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.

Never give up on anybody.

Never give up on anybody.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is...

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is...