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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that...

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that...

You'll get more out of me and a machine than you will out of twenty...

You'll get more out of me and a machine than you will out of twenty...

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

Any belief worth having must survive doubt

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

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

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

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...

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

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

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

All progress means war with society.

All progress means war with society.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it...

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it...

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

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

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

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

Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.

Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.

For love... has two faces; one white, the other black; two bodies; one smooth, the...

For love... has two faces; one white, the other black; two bodies; one smooth, the...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...

I don't at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It...