The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWHappy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
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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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Your friends are all the dullest dogs.
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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
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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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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.
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My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.
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When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.
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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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Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
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The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.
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You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
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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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The liar’s punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
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When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.
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