Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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 universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilization.

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting...

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a...

The open mind never acts: when we have done our utmost to arrive at a...

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned

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...

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it...

If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it...

My reputation grows with every failure.

My reputation grows with every failure.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

The sincerest love is the love of food.

The sincerest love is the love of food.

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

A drama critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

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...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The established government has no more right to call itself the state than the smoke...

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

General consultant to mankind.

General consultant to mankind.

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the...

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the...

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.