You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.

Quote by George Bernard Shaw

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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...

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like...

Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit....

Between persons of equal income there is no social distinction except the distinction of merit....

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who...

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...

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

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

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is...

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...

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it...

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

I am a Christian. That obliges me to be a Communist.

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...

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and...

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

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

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides,...