“Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.”
Dreams“The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.”
Truth“Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.”
Dreams“One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.”
Men“Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.”
Love“It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.”
Intelligence“When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.”
Failure“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
Change“Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”
Funny“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
Life“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.”
Power“We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.”
Experience“Marriage is good enough for the lower classes: they have facilities for desertion that are denied to us.”
Good“Beware of false knowledge it is more dangerous than ignorance.”
Knowledge“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.”
Life“Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.”
Failure“A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.”
Art“Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.”
Men“The love of economy is the root of all virtue.”
Love“The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.”
Love“The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.”
Power“No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.”
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