The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage...

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage...

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

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...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did,...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

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

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

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage...

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...

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...

The more I encourage my child to think for himself, the more he will care...

The more I encourage my child to think for himself, the more he will care...

These players are prima donnas. They need to educate themselves so they don't make such...

These players are prima donnas. They need to educate themselves so they don't make such...