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George Bernard Shaw: The liar's punishment...

George Bernard Shaw: The liar's punishment...

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone...

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George Bernard Shaw: The man who...

George Bernard Shaw: The man who...

The man who listens to Reason is lost; Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master...

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George Bernard Shaw: The man with...

George Bernard Shaw: The man with...

The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound.

Source: Man and...

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George Bernard Shaw: There are two...

George Bernard Shaw: There are two...

There are two classes in good society in England. The equestrian classes and the neurotic...

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George Bernard Shaw: Vice is waste...

George Bernard Shaw: Vice is waste...

Vice is waste of life. Poverty, obedience and celibacy are the canonical vices.

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George Bernard Shaw: We are made...

George Bernard Shaw: We are made...

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

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George Bernard Shaw: Truth telling is...

George Bernard Shaw: Truth telling is...

Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm.

Source: Heartbreak...

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James Matthew Barrie: The praise that...

James Matthew Barrie: The praise that...

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.

Source: In ...

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Walter Bagehot: The best reason...

Walter Bagehot: The best reason...

The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind...

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Walter Bagehot: The whole history...

Walter Bagehot: The whole history...

The whole history of civilisation is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly...

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J B Priestley: Most writers enjoy...

J B Priestley: Most writers enjoy...

Most writers enjoy two periods of happiness when a glorious idea comes to mind and, secondly, when a last page has...

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William Shakespeare: If to do...

William Shakespeare: If to do...

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes'...

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George Bernard Shaw: How can you...

George Bernard Shaw: How can you...

How can you dare teach a man to read until you've taught him everything else first?

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George Bernard Shaw: He who has...

George Bernard Shaw: He who has...

He who has never hoped can never despair.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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George Bernard Shaw: In the arts...

George Bernard Shaw: In the arts...

In the arts of peace Man is a bungler.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase,...

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George Bernard Shaw: It's a funny...

George Bernard Shaw: It's a funny...

It's a funny thing about that bust. As time goes on it seems to get younger and younger.

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George Bernard Shaw: It's all that...

George Bernard Shaw: It's all that...

It's all that the young can do for the old, to shock them and keep them up to date.

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Aristotle: Politicians also have...

Aristotle: Politicians also have...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself -- Power...

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Aristotle: The two qualities...

Aristotle: The two qualities...

The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection [Are] that a thing is your own and that it is your only...

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Martin Luther King, Jr: Peace is not...

Martin Luther King, Jr: Peace is not...

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that...

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