Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWProgress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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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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If you can’t appreciate what you’ve got, you’d better get what you can appreciate.
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Why should we take advice on sex from the pope? If he knows anything about it, he shouldn’t!
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Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
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The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.
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People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.
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If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple.
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When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with.
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He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
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You’ll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
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A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
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Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
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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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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
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