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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Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

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...

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

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

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

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...

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

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...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to...

Success covers a multitude of blunders

Success covers a multitude of blunders

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like; it is the only way in which a...

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like; it is the only way in which a...

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

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.

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

You are forgiven for your happiness and your successes only if you generously consent to...

Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable...

Money, if it does not bring you happiness, will at least help you be miserable...