Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

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

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

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

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...

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not...

The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not...

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law...

Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law...

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

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

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great...

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great...

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing...

I think the inherent right of the Government to lie to save itself when facing...