You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

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

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

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.

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an...

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

Woman reduces us all to a common denomination

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

(Democracy is a government) of the fools, for the fools, by the fools.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.