People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage...

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage...

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

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

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

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

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

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

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

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

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

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...

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

Must then Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no...

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward...

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward...