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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of...

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life....

The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life....

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

Fashions are the only induced epidemics, proving that epidemics can be induced by tradesmen.

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...

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that...

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that...

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.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

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...

You'll get more out of me and a machine than you will out of twenty...

You'll get more out of me and a machine than you will out of twenty...

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

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

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

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave...

There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave...

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble...

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

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

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.

Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.