The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

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

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

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it...

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it...

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...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not...

The man who listens to Reason is lost: Reason enslaves all whose minds are not...

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

An asylum for the sane would be empty in America.

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the...

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the...

It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you're dead, you're made for...

It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you're dead, you're made for...

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.