There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain 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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I choose not to make a graveyard of my body for the rotting corpses of dead animals.
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I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.
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Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.
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Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it’s the sincerest form of learning.
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A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.
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Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
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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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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.
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When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.
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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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In heaven an angel is no one in particular.
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When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.
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