We are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Topics: George Bernard Shaw Quotes

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a...

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire? The...

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment...

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...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the...

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown...

Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.

Live everyday as though it's your last 'cause one day you'll be right.

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed...

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

Government is not every body's job. It is a highly skilled vocation.

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...

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself...

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers...

It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and...

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...

The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but...