George Bernard Shaw Quotes

“He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.”

“Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.”

“The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.”

“He who has never hoped can never despair.”

“Lack of money is the root of all evil.”

“A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence university education.”

“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.”

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

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

“Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.”

“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.”

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

“Every man over forty is a scoundrel.”

“Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing; age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.”

“Love is a gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everybody else.”

“First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.”

“There is no sincerer love than the love of food.”

“If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.”

“The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.”

“A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.”

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

“Hell is full of musical amateurs.”

“The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.”

“Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.”

“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.”