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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Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

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,...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's...

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's...

Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

The sincerest love is the love of food.

The sincerest love is the love of food.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

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.

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

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

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he...

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he...

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

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...

No one cares. Apathy is a disease and some days I long for it.

No one cares. Apathy is a disease and some days I long for it.

The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal...

The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal...

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but...

The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but...