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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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A happy family is but an earlier heaven

A happy family is but an earlier heaven

Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes

Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes

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...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by...

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by...

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

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

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

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Better never than late.

Better never than late.

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...

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one...

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one...

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

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.

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.

If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.

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.