Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and...

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

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...

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

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...

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it,...

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it,...

Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable

Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable

I don't believe that arguments make the relationship stronger...

I don't believe that arguments make the relationship stronger...

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it,...

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it,...