Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

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

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

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy...

The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy...

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth...

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth...

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.

To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business.

The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without...

The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without...