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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Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

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.

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...

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of...

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of...

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work,...

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of...

Oh, the tiger will love you. There is no sincerer love than the love of...

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who...

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who...

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.

If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.

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...

Better never than late.

Better never than late.