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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Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that...

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that...

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

I want to be all used up when I die.

I want to be all used up when I die.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never...

Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never...

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...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

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

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

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

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

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

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...

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.