The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven...

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven...

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...

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the...

The heretic is always better dead. And mortal eyes cannot distinguish the saint from the...

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

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

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

Nobel prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the...

Nobel prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the...

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery, it's the sincerest form of learning.

Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery, it's the sincerest form of learning.

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...

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is:hit the line hard.

In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is:hit the line hard.

You know it ain't easy For these thoughts here to leave me There's no words...

You know it ain't easy For these thoughts here to leave me There's no words...