Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

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

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

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...

I want to be all used up when I die.

I want to be all used up when I die.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

Success covers a multitude of blunders

Success covers a multitude of blunders

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

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....

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it

The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those...

The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

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.

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced...

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced...

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.

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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...

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.