Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

There is no sincerer love than the love of food.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life...

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

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...

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

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

General consultant to mankind.

General consultant to mankind.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

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.

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned

If everybody minded their own business, said the Duchess in a hoarse growl, the world...

If everybody minded their own business, said the Duchess in a hoarse growl, the world...

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes

Although I cannot lay an egg, I am a very good judge of omelettes

Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet...

Every criticism, judgment, diagnosis, and expression of anger is the tragic expression of an unmet...

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.