Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

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...

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

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...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

General consultant to mankind.

General consultant to mankind.

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to...

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to...

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...

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results

Happy people plan actions, they don't plan results

Action makes more fortune than caution

Action makes more fortune than caution