Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it...

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it...

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to...

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to...

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...

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very...

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very...

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

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

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

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...

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...

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live...

Life can be like a roller coaster... And just when you think you've had enough,...

Life can be like a roller coaster... And just when you think you've had enough,...

I dream for a living.

I dream for a living.