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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

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

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

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...

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as...

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as...

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy...

The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy...

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

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...

Success covers a multitude of blunders

Success covers a multitude of blunders

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like; it is the only way in which a...

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like; it is the only way in which a...

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.