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To quote George Bernard Shaw over and over and ...

Submitted by Roanman on Thu, 06/07/2018 - 06:34
 
Some men see things as they are and ask why.  Others dream things that never were and ask why not.
 
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
 
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
 
People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them.
 
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
 
Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.
 
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it.
 
In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.
 
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
 
I never resist temptation,  I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me.
 
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
 
Most people do not pray; they only beg.
 
We have not lost faith, we have transferred it from God to the medical profession.
 
The Jews generally give value.  They make you pay; but they deliver the goods.  In my experience the men who want something for nothing are invariably Christians.
 
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
 
Liberty means responsibility.  That is why most men dread it.
 
The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.
 
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
 
The lack of money is the root of all evil.