When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind. — George Bernard Shaw Approach Copy Share Image
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Woman's dearest delight is to wound Man's self-conceit, though Man's dearest delight is to gratify hers — George Bernard Shaw Delight Copy Share Image
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
A vegetarian is not a person who lives on vegetables, any more than a Catholic is a person who lives on cats. — George Bernard Shaw Cat Copy Share Image
I have found, after a good deal of consideration, that the best place to seek God is in a garden. You can… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
German and Spanish are accessible to foreigners: English is not accessible even to Englishmen. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The fickleness of the women I love is only equaled by the infernal constancy of the women who love me. — George Bernard Shaw Fickleness Copy Share Image
Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory; and be radiant: leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Do not mistake your objection to defeat for an objection to fighting, your objection to being a slave for an objection to… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Weak people want to marry strong people who do not frighten them too much; and this often leads them to make the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It's usually pointed out that women are not fit for political power, and ought not to be trusted with a vote because… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a foot-rule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage.… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to find that men of ordinary capacity can… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society is spread. The method of control always… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“CHARTERIS [unfolding his arms in terror] No, please. Dont. As a philosopher, it’s my business to tell other people the truth; but… — George Bernard Shaw Business Copy Share Image
Start with the belief that your life can indeed be changed, and that you have the power to change it. — George Bernard Shaw Belief Copy Share Image
“Professor Henry Higgins: She's an owl, sickened by a few days of *my* sunshine. ” — George Bernard Shaw Sickened Copy Share Image
It is nearly 50 years since I was assured by a conclave of doctors that if I did not eat meat I… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I have never admitted the right of an elderly author to alter the work of a young author, even when the young… — George Bernard Shaw Books Copy Share Image
If you strike a child, take care that you strike it in anger, even at the risk of maiming it for life.… — George Bernard Shaw Anger Copy Share Image
We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation. — George Bernard Shaw Existence Copy Share Image
“The man with toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich… — George Bernard Shaw Happiness Copy Share Image
Even if animal experimentation was proved to be of value, it would be morally wrong. — George Bernard Shaw Animal Copy Share Image
In the right key one can say anything. In the wrong key, nothing: the only delicate part is the establishment of the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Thus, I blush to add, you can not be a philosopher and a good man, though you may be a philosopher and… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“I find that the moment I let a woman make friends with me, she becomes jealous, exacting, suspicious, and a damned nuisance.” — George Bernard Shaw Friendship Copy Share Image
In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness. — George Bernard Shaw Men Copy Share Image
If a man is indolent, let him be poor. If he is drunken, let him be poor… Also--somewhat inconsistently--blessed are the poor! — George Bernard Shaw Blessed Copy Share Image
Nothing is more dangerous than a poor doctor: not even a poor employer or a poor landlord. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The function of the actor is to make the audience imagine for the moment that real things are happening to real people. — George Bernard Shaw Acting Copy Share Image
Be like the sun and meadow, which are not in the least concerned about the coming winter. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he… — George Bernard Shaw Business Copy Share Image
Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men. — George Bernard Shaw Crime Copy Share Image
But a lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. — George Bernard Shaw Happiness Copy Share Image
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. — George Bernard Shaw Memory Copy Share Image
We must not stay as we are, doing always what was done last time; or we shall stick in the mud. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in… — George Bernard Shaw Life Copy Share Image
I assume that to prevent illness in later life, you should never have been born at all. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image