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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven...

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven...

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to...

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief

It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief

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

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

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of...

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

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.

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced...

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced...

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.

A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.

The follies which a man regrets most in his life, are those which he didn't...

The follies which a man regrets most in his life, are those which he didn't...