Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when...

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth...

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth...

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

A lifetime of happiness? No man could bear it: it would be hell on earth

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven...

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront...

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront...

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to...

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite

Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite

Hypocrisy is the lubricant of society.

Hypocrisy is the lubricant of society.