More quotes by George Bernard Shaw

"Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself."
"A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
"The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination"
"The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not."
"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."