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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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.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood;...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

Do not do unto others as you expect they should do unto you. Their tastes...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of...

The fickleness of the women I love is only equalled by the infernal constancy of...

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...

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it...

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be...

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be...

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste

Where there is no religion, hypocrisy becomes good taste

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an...

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,...

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone...

A woman whose face looked as if it had been made of sugar and someone...

The apparent multiplication of gods is bewildering at the first glance, but you soon discover...

The apparent multiplication of gods is bewildering at the first glance, but you soon discover...

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...

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...

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....

Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.

Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale.

And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a...

And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a...