George Bernard Shaw

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years.

The only way for a woman to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good to her.

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

The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.

What use are cartridges in battle? I always carry chocolate instead.

A man’s personal defects will commonly have with the rest of the world precisely that importance which they have to himself. If he makes light of them, so will other men.

Self-trust is the essence of heroism.

I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.

Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale.

I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.

Courtesy Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

I will never do this, says one, yet does it: I am resolved to do this, says another; but flags upon second Thoughts: Or does it, tho’ awkwardly, for his Word’s sake: As if it were worse to break his Word, than to do amiss in keeping it.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation.

The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure.

No matter how often you are defeated, you are born to victory.

In nature nothing can be given. All things are sold.

Englishmen hate Liberty and Equality too much to understand them. But every Englishman loves a pedigree.