Decency is indecency's conspiracy of silence

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Silence Quotes

All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

All my life, affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends

Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got...

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what...

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder...

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of...

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its...

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its...

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever...

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever...