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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

An index is a great leveller.

An index is a great leveller.

Better never than late.

Better never than late.

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the...

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the...

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one...

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one...

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

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...

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to...

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to...

A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is,...

A man who has no office to go, to I don't care who he is,...

Syllables govern the world.

Syllables govern the world.

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical...

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of...

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window...

Although marriages traditionally begin with I do, when they fail they invariably end with You...

Although marriages traditionally begin with I do, when they fail they invariably end with You...

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

The first bond of society is marriage.

The first bond of society is marriage.