The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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...

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

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,...

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

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...

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it

What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

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

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

Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit....

Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit....

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

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.