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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

Property is organized robbery.

Property is organized robbery.

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

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

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on...

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth...

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth...

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

If parents would only realize how they bore their children!

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to...

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.

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's...

Dying is a troublesome business: there is pain to be suffered, and it wrings one's...

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

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

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

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...

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...

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is...

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is...

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

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.

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

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...

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,...