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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: George Bernard Shaw Quotes

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

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

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

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

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

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man...

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

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 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...

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever...

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever...

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...

All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have...