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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

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...

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking...

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking...

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....

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

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

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

Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

He who has never hoped can never despair

He who has never hoped can never despair

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...

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

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

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

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

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

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

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;...

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.