Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law...

Manners are more important than laws and upon them, to a great deal, the law...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone...

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone...

General consultant to mankind.

General consultant to mankind.

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

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...

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...

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

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

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

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth...

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth...

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom...

Just as a cautious businessman avoids investing all his capital in one concern, so wisdom...