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• Life is no brief candle to me. I 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.
  George Bernard Shaw...
• Life is no 'brief candle' to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
  -- George Bernard Shaw...
• Life is a disease; and the only difference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives.
  -- George Bernard Shaw...
• We should have had socialism already, but for the socialists. -- George Bernard Shaw
• The art of government is the organization of idolatry. -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
• The worst cliques are those which consist of one man. -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
• The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post. --George Bernard Shaw
• There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
  -- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), "Plays Pleasant and Unpleasa...
• No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.
  -- George Bernard Shaw...