My reputation grows with every failure.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

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....

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and...

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and...

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

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

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

We need men who can dream of things that never were, and ask why not.

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one...

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one...

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the...

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the...

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.

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.

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...

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

Many of life's circumstances are created by three basic choices: the disciplines you choose to...

Many of life's circumstances are created by three basic choices: the disciplines you choose to...