Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

In the arts of life, man invents nothing; but in the arts of death he...

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances....

People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances....

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its...

When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its...

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...

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.

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

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

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official....

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are,...

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

Common sense is genius in its working clothes