Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the...

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

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.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

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.

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...

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge...

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to...

If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to...

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a...

Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a...