Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.
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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Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
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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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Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.
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When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.
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Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.
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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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You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you have lost something.
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When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
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Hatred is the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.
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There is always danger for those who are afraid.
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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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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread 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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