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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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

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

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

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...

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it,...

The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it,...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

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

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

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...

Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law...

Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law...

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

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.