It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of…

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Heartbreak Quotes, Love Quotes

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

The apparent multiplication of gods is bewildering at the first glance, but you soon discover...

The apparent multiplication of gods is bewildering at the first glance, but you soon discover...

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.

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

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

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

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...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

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.

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

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

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

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

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

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,...

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.