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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

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...

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...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false

Youth is wasted on the young.

Youth is wasted on the young.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

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...

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to...

I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

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...

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy...

The fickleness of the women whom I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy...

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that...

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that...

I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was 'the...

I blame my mother for my poor sex life. All she told me was 'the...