The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth.

Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify...

Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

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

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

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...

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor...

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor...

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...

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

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

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

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...

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

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

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

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.

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of...

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of...

Men are only as loyal as their options.

Men are only as loyal as their options.