The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger...

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger...

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science... never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Success covers a multitude of blunders

Success covers a multitude of blunders

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

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

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

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they...

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

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

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

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who...

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

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.

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

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...

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

I don't need a man. But I'm happier with one. I like to have someone...

I don't need a man. But I'm happier with one. I like to have someone...

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...