I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that...

Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that...

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

You cannot believe in honor until you have achieved it, better keep yourself clean and...

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses.

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

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.

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...

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

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.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.

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...

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a...

What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a...

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.