Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about...

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of...

If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of...

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...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

The love of economy is the root of all virtue.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge...

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger...

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger...

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

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...

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.

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

I'm not a teacher: only a fellow-traveller of whom you asked the way. I pointed...

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

Who says love never lives? Maybe we've never lived.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that...

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his...

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...

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.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...