Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWThe power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
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I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.
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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
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There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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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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You see things; you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?
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A drunken man is happier than a sober one.
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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 knew if I waited around long enough something like this would happen.
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The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
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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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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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My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative evolution.
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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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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
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When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with.
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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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Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.
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A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
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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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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
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