The conversion of a savage to Christianity is the conversion of Christianity to savagery.
George Bernard ShawNo community has ever yet passed beyond the initial phases in which its pugnacity and fanaticism enabled it to found a nation, and its cupidity to establish and develop a commercial civilization.
George Bernard ShawI have never admitted the right of an elderly author to alter the work of a young author, even when the young author happens to be his former self.
George Bernard ShawExperience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. If all economists were laid end to end they would not reach a conclusion.
George Bernard Shaw