A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWBeware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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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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Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
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Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
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Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
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To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.
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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
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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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Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.
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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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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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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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First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
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Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.
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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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