More from George Bernard Shaw

  1. Physically there is nothing to distinguish human society from the farm-yard except that children are more troublesome and costly than chick…
  2. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.[1]
  3. Confusing monogamy with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other error.[2]
  4. America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilisation in between
  5. The last word remains with Christ and Handel; and this must stand as the best defence of Tolerance until a better man than I makes a better…
  6. Animals are my friends ... and I don't eat my friends.
  7. Law is blind without counsel. The counsel men agree with is vain: it is only the echo of their own voices. A million echoes will not help y…
  8. Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the airplane, the pessimist invents the parachute.

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