Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWI choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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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 thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.
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Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
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Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.
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Whisky is liquid sunshine.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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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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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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There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
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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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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
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