The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWChoose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
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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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I have my own soul. My own spark of divine fire.
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I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.
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The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of 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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If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it.
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The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality of happiness, and by no means a necessity of life.
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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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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What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
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