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

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are...

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

I'm an atheist and I thank God for it.

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to this country and...

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window...

Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window...

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political...

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants...

When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants...

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

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 am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.