Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the...

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the...

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.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes

Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

I want to be all used up when I die.

I want to be all used up when I die.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

We can still alter our course. It is not too late. We still have options....

We can still alter our course. It is not too late. We still have options....

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about...

Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about...

A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.

A woman in love can't be reasonable--or she probably wouldn't be in love.