The evil to be attacked is not sin, suffering, greed, priesthood, kingcraft, demagogy, monopoly, ignorance, drink, war, pestilence, nor any of the other scapegoats which reformers sacrifice, but simply poverty.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then...

Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.

Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

If you are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life, your reward...

If you are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life, your reward...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized...

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,...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

I have made it so perfectly clear in my tracts, articles, and books what was...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

A genius is a person who is seeing further and probing deeper than other people...

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial.

Time is money, especially when you are talking to a lawyer or buying a commercial.

Well, this slum cost a lot of money. It should look better than an ordinary...

Well, this slum cost a lot of money. It should look better than an ordinary...