The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.

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.

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking...

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking...

Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful...

Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

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.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

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...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

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...

Better never than late.

Better never than late.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven

A happy family is but an earlier heaven

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

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...

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...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder...

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder...

Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.

Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.