-"What a man is depends on his character; but what he does, and what
we think of what he does, depends on his circumstances. The characteristics that
ruin a man in one class made him eminent in another." I believe that what Shaw is saying is that many people judge others. I think that he is trying to say that people base their opinions on people by their environment and class. Someone could be doing something totally normal from their point of view but to others in a different class or environment it could mean completely different. His quote basically is saying that what a person does and what we think a person does is based on their environment. Its like a person judging someone because of how they look and where they come from... this is what they are probably going to do or end up like. For example, in a situation such as furnishing a home... a upper class wealthy family may hire someone to decorate and furnish their home for them, willing to spend as much money as long as their home is decorated nicely. Where as a lower class family will probably just buy their own furniture and wont care as much about the look of their home.