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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Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men...

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

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,...

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....

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

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

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

If you are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life, your reward...

If you are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life, your reward...

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are...

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are...

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life....

The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life....

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

Knowledge and human power are synonymous

Love is like hunting, you can begin when you like and stop when you can.

Love is like hunting, you can begin when you like and stop when you can.