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

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Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

Common people do not pray, my lord: they only beg

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.

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.

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying

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

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

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six...

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

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...

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall...

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at...

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at...