Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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...

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

All books are either dreams or swords,You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

All books are either dreams or swords,You can cut, or you can drug, with words.

There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse...

There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse...