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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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.

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell...

But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell...

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...

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...

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.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

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...

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his...

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his...

Success covers a multitude of blunders

Success covers a multitude of blunders

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were...

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were...