The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWWhen a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
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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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Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
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Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
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I do not know what I think until I write it.
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
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I’m an atheist and I thank God 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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Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.
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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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My religious convictions and scientific views cannot at present be more specifically defined than as those of a believer in creative evolution.
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I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would happen.
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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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The play was a great success, but audience was a dismal failure.
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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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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.
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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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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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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
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The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
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Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.
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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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You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
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