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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Get married, but never to a man who is home all day

Get married, but never to a man who is home all day

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

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

Very few people can afford to be poor.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

The slave of fear: the worst of slaveries

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

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...

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those...

The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those...

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

If you are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life, your reward...

If you are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life, your reward...

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

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,...

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power,...

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

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