We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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...

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for him...

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Golf is typical capitalist lunacy.

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

Why, except as a means of livelihood, a man should desire to act on the...

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...

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...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility...

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very...

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

A man who is not a communist at the age of twenty is a fool....

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

I write plays because I like it and because I cannot remember any period in...

I want to be all used up when I die.

I want to be all used up when I die.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as...

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as...

The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist

The world is populated in the main by people who should not exist

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.

Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it.

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.

There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

He who can does - he who cannot, teaches.

There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to...

There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...

I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous...