The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWDemocracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
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Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
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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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You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.
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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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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
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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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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
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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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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
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Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.
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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
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