Quotes by George Bernard Shaw

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself everything, is forgiven nothing.
Man and Superman (1903) "Maxims for Revolutionists"

There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
Man and Superman (1903) act 1

An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.
Man and Superman (1903) act 3

Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.
Man and Superman (1903) act 3

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
Man and Superman (1903), Maxims for Revolutionists

A learned man is an idler who kills time with study. Beware of his false knowledge: it is more dangerous than ignorance.
Man and Superman, 1903

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; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
Man and Superman, Epistle Dedicatory

A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
Parents and Children (1914) "Children's Happiness"

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant (1898)

It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.
Pygmalion (1916) preface

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
Pygmalion (1916) preface

What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn't come every day.
Pygmalion, Act 2