The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWYou see things; you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?
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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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Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.
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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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There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
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Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
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Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
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A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
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Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.
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Progress is impossible without change; and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
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You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.
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Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
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