I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases...

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases...

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Better never than late.

Better never than late.

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he...

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he...

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry....

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

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

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

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...

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

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...

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

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

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

History is philosophy teaching by example.

History is philosophy teaching by example.

The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of...

The whole art of teaching is the only art of awakening the natural curiosity of...