Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or...

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage...

Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and...

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us...

If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next...

If any religion had the chance of ruling over England, nay Europe within the next...

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man...

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

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

There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave...

There is only one belief that can rob death of its sting and the grave...

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

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...

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human...

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...

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.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.

Kings are not born: they are made by artificial hallucination.