When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Military Quotes

A happy family is but an earlier heaven

A happy family is but an earlier heaven

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone...

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone...

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

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.

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge...

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge...

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder...

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder...

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is...

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is...

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

Those who can do, those who can't teach.

Someone may have stolen your dream when it was young and fresh and you were...

Someone may have stolen your dream when it was young and fresh and you were...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.

Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick.