Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWThere are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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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 are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
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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 difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.
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It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.
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The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
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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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I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.
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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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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it.
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