The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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...

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

First love is a little foolish and a lot of curiosity.

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't...

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Hell is paved with good intentions, not bad ones

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who looks at it when it...

Beauty is all very well at first sight; but who looks at it when it...

If everybody minded their own business, said the Duchess in a hoarse growl, the world...

If everybody minded their own business, said the Duchess in a hoarse growl, the world...

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse

Home is the girl's prison and the woman's workhouse

I want to be all used up when I die.

I want to be all used up when I die.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

Hell is full of musical amateurs.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the...

The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the...

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural...

You have to choose between trusting to the natural stability of gold and the natural...

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

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

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...

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...

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; We grow old because we stop playing.

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

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

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English

Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by...

Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by...

The big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with...

The big, shoe-thumping fellow continues as a dark thunderhead to threaten all unrepentant non-Communists with...