Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

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...

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

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...

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

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....

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be...

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be...

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back...

A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back...