The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWPatriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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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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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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People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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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 liar’s punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.
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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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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
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To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.
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Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
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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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All great truths begin as blasphemies.
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A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
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