The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and , if they can't find them, make them.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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

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

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

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.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

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

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

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;...

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

General consultant to mankind.

General consultant to mankind.