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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An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to...

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to...

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may...

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may...

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.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of...

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of...

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.

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder...

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder...

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one...

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one...

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases...

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases...

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

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...

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

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

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...

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be

Have you noticed that all the people in favour of birth control are already born?

Have you noticed that all the people in favour of birth control are already born?