Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like; it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me...

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

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 worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.

If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got...

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals,...

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as...

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning; that exceptional men, as much as...

History makes people wise.

History makes people wise.