| Quotes |
Topic |
| Jealousy | Never waste jealousy on a real man, it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run. |
| Joy | This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clot of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. . -George Bernard Shaw. |
| Knowledge | What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child. |
| Language | The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it. |
| Laughter | Life does not cease to be funny when people die, any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. |
| Liberty | Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. |
| Liberty | Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. |
| Life | Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. |
| Life | Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. -George Bernard Shaw. |
| Liquor | Alcohol is a very necessary article . . . . It enables Parliament to do things at eleven at night that no sane person would do at eleven in the morning. |
| Liquor | Gin was mother's milk to her. |
| Love | First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity, no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it. |
| Love | First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity, no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it. |
| Love | First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. |
| Lying | The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. |
| Marriage | What God hath joined together no man shall put asunder, God will take care of that. |
| Marriage | Those who talk most about the blessings of marriage and the constancy of its vows are the very people who declare that if the chain were broken and the prisoners were left free to choose, the whole social fabric would fly asunder. You can't have the argument both ways. If the prisoner is happy, why lock him in? If he is not, why pretend that he is? |
| Marriage | Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity. |
| Marriage | My advice to you is get married, if you find a good wife you'll be happy, if not, you'll become a philosopher. |
| Marriage | Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open. |
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