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

Topics: Poverty Quotes, Society Quotes

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The harder I work the more I live.

The harder I work the more I live.

In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win

In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

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

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's...

It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's...

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as...

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.

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

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

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like; it is the only way in which a...

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like; it is the only way in which a...

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs...

Hypocrisy is the most difficult and nerve-racking vice that any man can pursue; it needs...

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.

Mathematics allows for no hypocrisy and no vagueness.