There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it.
GEORGE BERNARD SHAWLife is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.
More George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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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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The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
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Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.
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The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
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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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Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
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No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
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Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men.
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A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.
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There is always danger for those who are afraid.
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You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you have lost something.
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We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.
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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
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I’m an atheist and I thank God for it.
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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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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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There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
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You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.
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Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
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It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling.
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