You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

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

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...

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

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

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

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

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

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

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...

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced...

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

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

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

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

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...

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen...

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen...

One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any...

One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any...

I think I swallowed a bug!

I think I swallowed a bug!

Oh, you're dating my ex...I thought the five second rule was for food only...

Oh, you're dating my ex...I thought the five second rule was for food only...