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

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Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

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

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

Very few people can afford to be poor.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a...

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a...

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront...

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

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

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

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

6 problems of students: Love life, Grades, Exams, Assignments, Teachers and most of all PAPERS.

6 problems of students: Love life, Grades, Exams, Assignments, Teachers and most of all PAPERS.

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at...

Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at...