Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWLiberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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Whisky is liquid sunshine.
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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 pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
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There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.
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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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Hell is full of musical amateurs.
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There is always danger for those who are afraid.
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I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.
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A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
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Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.
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I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.
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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
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The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
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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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Imagination is the beginning of creation.
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When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with.
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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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Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.
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First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
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It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
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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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