More from George Bernard Shaw
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw A drunken man is happier than a sober one.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
George Bernard ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw
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Jungle rain mimicking an adagio composed by Bach digging into the skin of eternalised deities.
Hanna BrissonHanna Brisson Find what you would die for and live for it.
K. MckeeK. Mckee Loneliness overflows you with anxiety and overthinking.
Stuart PetersonStuart Peterson My mistakes tell me I am quite human, but my brief flashes of brilliance tell me I am divine, too.
Rachel WolchinRachel Wolchin I used to believe that living is doing, moving, getting. But, there is life in staying still. A bird is a bird even when she isn’t flying.
Obehi Vessel A.Obehi Vessel A. There’s more to life than this. There’s more to life than this. Although it doesn’t seem like it, there’s more to life than this.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor The moon brings me thoughts of you, Wondered if you still need me too.
Sayed AbbasSayed Abbas It takes a lot of healing to feel a spark again.
Angie UththaraAngie Uththara
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I drink when I have occasion, and sometimes when I have no occasion.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Don’t give him another thought, baby girl. He wanted a cup of tea; you’re a shot of whiskey.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Stronger than alcohol, vaster than poetry, Ferment the freckled red bitterness of love!
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he disguises himself. Lies and inaccuracy give him a few moments of comfort.
Jean CocteauJean Cocteau Suggested remedy for the common cold: A good gulp of whiskey at bedtime-it’s not very scientific, but it helps.
Alexander FlemingAlexander Fleming I wish to live to 150 years old, but the day I die, I wish it to be with a cigarette in one hand and a glass of whiskey in the other.
Ava GardnerAva Gardner Every drop of her gin held a lost world of night sky dances.
Marie-Kristin HofmannMarie-Kristin Hofmann Festive alcohol sometimes leads to an excess of honesty.
John DonneJohn Donne