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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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

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

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.

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

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

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

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.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

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...

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking...

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking...

The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those...

The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those...

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never...

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who ever looks at it when...

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other...

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other...

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.

There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.