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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another...

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

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...

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

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.

All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends

Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

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...

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural...

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were...

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.