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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: George Bernard Shaw Quotes

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as...

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

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

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

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

In a battle all you need to make you fight is a little hot blood...

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other...

Life contains but two tragedies. One is not to get your heart's desire; the other...

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

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...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

We must make the world honest before we can honestly say to our children that...

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...

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses

Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of witnesses

I'm done being the first one to start the conversation with you.

I'm done being the first one to start the conversation with you.