Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: George Bernard Shaw Quotes

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

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...

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger...

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Old men are dangerous it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

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...

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

The evil to be attacked is not sin, suffering, greed, priesthood, kingcraft, demagogy, monopoly, ignorance,...

The evil to be attacked is not sin, suffering, greed, priesthood, kingcraft, demagogy, monopoly, ignorance,...

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

A pessimist thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage...

Home life as we understand it is no more natural to us than a cage...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

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...

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...

I've always had the idea that we were conducting a military operation. It always seemed...

I've always had the idea that we were conducting a military operation. It always seemed...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...