Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a...

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a...

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...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

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...

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 fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

Two people getting together to write a book is like three people getting together to...

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

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

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

May you live in interesting times

May you live in interesting times

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

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....

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed

The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the...

The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the...