Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to…

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers...

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

I think I should have no other mortal wants if I could always have plenty...

I think I should have no other mortal wants if I could always have plenty...

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 first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

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...

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and...

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and...

Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit....

Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit....

There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave...

There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

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

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

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's...

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's...

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify...

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify...

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is,...

A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is,...