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

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...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront...

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront...

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

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.

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the...

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the...

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

He who has never hoped can never despair

He who has never hoped can never despair

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

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

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

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's...

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's...

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...