Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not gone beyond a limited technology of perdition.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

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...

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it,...

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it,...

All progress means war with society.

All progress means war with society.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

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

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

The only service a friend can really render is to keep your courage by holding...

The only service a friend can really render is to keep your courage by holding...

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...

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's...

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's...

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by...

Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by...

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.