I have not wasted my life trifling with literary fools in taverns, as Johnson did, when he should have been shaking England with the thunder of his spirit

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Spirit Quotes

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very...

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

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

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

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.

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say Why? But I dream things that never were; and...

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...

I want to be all used up when I die.

I want to be all used up when I die.

All progress means war with society.

All progress means war with society.

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

Very few people can afford to be poor.