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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those...

The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those...

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

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...

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify...

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify...

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

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,...

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without...

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without...

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see...

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see...

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to...

Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to...

He could not live without adversaries, no more than a tree can live without soil;...

He could not live without adversaries, no more than a tree can live without soil;...

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...