The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

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.

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

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.

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.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

Make money and the whole nation will conspire to call you a gentleman.

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...

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

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...

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may...

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may...

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

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

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...

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about...

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very...

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very...