No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

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...

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me...

I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me...

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the...

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the...

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

Better never than late.

Better never than late.

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may...

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may...

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

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...

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

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

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

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

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.