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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law...

Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law...

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he...

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he...

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other...

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to...

If there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to...

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

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...

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...

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

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

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

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.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.