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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society...

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Do not try to live forever. You will not succeed.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

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

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

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

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

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that...

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive,...

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive,...

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other...

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

The nations morals are like its teeth, the more decayed they are the more it...

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.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

Money is related to class only in the minds of people who have too much...

Money is related to class only in the minds of people who have too much...

Genius is born, not paid.

Genius is born, not paid.