The liar’s punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWBoth optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
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The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.
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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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When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with.
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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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Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
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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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The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.
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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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Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn’t!
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Youth is wasted on the young.
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Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.
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