The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of...

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.

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

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....

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.

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

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....

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

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...

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

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...

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not...

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not...

The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come.

The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come.

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be mans guide in the...

I would not think that philosophy and reason themselves will be mans guide in the...

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot...

The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot...