We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWLiquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with.
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Whisky is liquid sunshine.
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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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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
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Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.
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Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
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We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
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Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
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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 power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
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Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.
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