Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWDemocracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.
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I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.
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We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
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Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
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Whisky is liquid sunshine.
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When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
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No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means
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After all, the wrong road always leads somewhere.
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It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling.
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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.
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Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.
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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 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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