The seven deadly sins... food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes,respectability and children. Nothing can lift those seven millstones from man's neck but money; and the spirit cannot soar until the millstones are lifted.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: Sin Quotes

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less...

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less...

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

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...

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...

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong.

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his...

A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his...

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

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.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like; it is the only way in which a...

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like; it is the only way in which a...

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were...

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were...

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

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...

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

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

Family is just accident.... They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even...

Family is just accident.... They don't mean to get on your nerves. They don't even...

From the ages of 8-18, me and my family moved around a lot. Mostly we...

From the ages of 8-18, me and my family moved around a lot. Mostly we...

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to...