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 onto future…

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Life Quotes

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of...

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of...

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

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

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...

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less...

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less...

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who looks at it when it...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who looks at it when it...

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution

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...

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to...

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to...

All progress means war with society.

All progress means war with society.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

If you can do more, you should!

If you can do more, you should!

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many...

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many...