Laws, religions, creeds, and systems of ethics, instead of making society better than its best unit, make it … - George Bernard Shaw

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Words are finite organs of the infinite mind. They cannot cover the dimensions of what is in truth. They break, chop, and impoverish it.

George Bernard Shaw

Laws, religions, creeds, and systems of ethics, instead of making society better than its best unit, make it worse than its average unit, because they are never up to date.

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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

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It is not that I am so clever; it is that everyone else is so stupid.

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No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.

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