George Bernard Shaw ( 10 of 199 )
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.
Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the read more
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being ended sooner.
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.
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity .
First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity .
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.
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.
Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich -- something for nothing.
Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich -- something for nothing.
... 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.".
The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist.
The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist.
