George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way
We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way
Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.
He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.
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
... government that "substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.".
... government that "substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.".
I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness
worth while.
I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness
worth while.
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.
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy
Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy
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.
