The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist

The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

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...

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

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 Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life....

The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life....

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...

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

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

Get married, but never to a man who is home all day

Get married, but never to a man who is home all day

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

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.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

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.

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

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.