Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law depends.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking...

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking...

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

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.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see...

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see...

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as...

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable..

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable..

Life is not an easy matter...You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and...

Life is not an easy matter...You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and...