A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWLiquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
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Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
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In heaven an angel is no one in particular.
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Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
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Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
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I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.
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Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.
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Hell is full of musical amateurs.
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
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