When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWThose who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with.
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Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
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I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
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The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.
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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
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Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.
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Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
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There is always danger for those who are afraid.
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
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Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.
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Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
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You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
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A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.
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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
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A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.
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Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
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In heaven an angel is no one in particular.
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