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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Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

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...

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never...

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

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...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

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...

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

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...

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

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

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

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

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.