Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWYou’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
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Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
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I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would happen.
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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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You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
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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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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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A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.
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Imagination is the beginning of creation.
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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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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
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If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it.
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Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.
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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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