To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWWhen a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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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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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
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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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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
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Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
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A drunken man is happier than a sober one.
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Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn’t!
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What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.
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Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.
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Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
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Imagination is the beginning of creation.
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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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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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If you can’t appreciate what you’ve got, you’d better get what you can appreciate.
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