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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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases...

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases...

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who...

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who...

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

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

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

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Democracy means the organization of society for the benefit and at the expense of everybody...

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

I think I should have no other mortal wants if I could always have plenty...

I think I should have no other mortal wants if I could always have plenty...

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

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...

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.

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.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

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,...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

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...

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only comfortable

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...

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else

Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else

In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.

In love, there is always one who kisses and one who offers the cheek.

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when...

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when...