Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWThe man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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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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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
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Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
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I do not know what I think until I write it.
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The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure.
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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
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Hell is full of musical amateurs.
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Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.
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Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
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The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality of happiness, and by no means a necessity of life.
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The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.
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When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
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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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If you can’t appreciate what you’ve got, you’d better get what you can appreciate.
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A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
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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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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with.
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The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
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The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
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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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