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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In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured,...

In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured,...

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

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

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

General consultant to mankind.

General consultant to mankind.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

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...

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its...

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its...

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

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

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage...

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage...

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...

I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit. Just a poor...

I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit. Just a poor...

Men hate women because we always know where things are.

Men hate women because we always know where things are.