Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's...

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's...

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

Very few people can afford to be poor.

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

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

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

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

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

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never...

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep your courage by holding...

The only service a friend can really render is to keep your courage by holding...

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy

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

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

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

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,...

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

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

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

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