Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWHe who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality of happiness, and by no means a necessity of life.
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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 power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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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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Imagination is the beginning of creation.
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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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Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
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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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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
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I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would happen.
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I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
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Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
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All great truths begin as blasphemies.
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You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
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Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.
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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.
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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
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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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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.
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Animals are my friends and I don’t eat my friends.
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Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.
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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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When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with.
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