Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWPower does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
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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Imagination is the beginning of creation.
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Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.
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First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.
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You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you have lost something.
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In heaven an angel is no one in particular.
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The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me.
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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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He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
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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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The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not.
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When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with.
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Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
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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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The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she’s treated.
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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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Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.
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Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
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There is always danger for those who are afraid.
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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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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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It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
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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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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
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You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.
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