We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWLife does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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Hell is full of musical amateurs.
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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
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Animals are my friends and I don’t eat my friends.
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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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A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
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Your friends are all the dullest dogs.
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Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.
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I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would happen.
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If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.
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The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor.
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My way of joking is to tell the truth. It’s the funniest joke in the world.
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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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A drunken man is happier than a sober one.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
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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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To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.
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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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Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
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He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
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Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
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Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
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Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.
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When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with.
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