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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I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

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...

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...

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

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...

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to...

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to...

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

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

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

All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth...

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth...

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be...

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be...

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

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...

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

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

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...