We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were...

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were...

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is,...

A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is,...

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal...

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...

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without...

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without...

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

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...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...