George Bernard Shaw

It is assumed that the woman must wait motionless until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly.

This is the true joy in life the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

A learned man is an idler who kills time by study.

No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.

Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of Hell.

I was taught when I was young that if people would only love one another all would be well with the world. This seemed simple and very nice but I found when I tried to put it in practice not only that other people were seldom lovable but that I was not very lovable myself.

The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them but to be indifferent to them that's the essence of inhumanity.

The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood.

Martyrdom - the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.

The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

Happiness and beauty are by-products. Folly is the direct pursuit of happiness and beauty.

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

The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.