Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

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

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

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

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,...

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...

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants...

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever...

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever...

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others,...

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others,...