Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

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...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

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.

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

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

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

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.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery, it's the sincerest form of learning.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery, it's the sincerest form of learning.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's...

If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's...

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...