When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

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...

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

Better never than late.

Better never than late.

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to...

I am afraid we must make the world honest before we can honestly say to...

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

The road to ignorance is paved with good editions

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify...

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that...

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that...

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...

In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win

In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as...

Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims: the one we think of as...

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.