Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

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...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

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.

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

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...

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and...

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and...

Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve

Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve

Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities

Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities