The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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...

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...

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...

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.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

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

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

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

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

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.