George Bernard Shaw quotes - page 17

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability. (George Bernard Shaw)
The natural term of the affection of the human animal for its offspring is six years. View quote
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You can always tell an old soldier by the inside of his holsters and cartridge boxes. The young ones carry pistols and cartridges; the old ones, grub. View quote
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I knew if I waited around long enough something like this would happen. View quote
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A miracle, my friend, is an event which creates faith. View quote
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Life would be tolerable but for its amusements. View quote
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A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold. View quote
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An index is a great leveller. View quote
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I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while. View quote
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I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always treats me as a flower girl, and always will; but I know I can be a lady to you, because you always treat me as a lady, and always will. View quote
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The plain working truth is that it is not only good for people to be shocked occasionally, but absolutely necessary to the progress of society that they should be shocked pretty often. (George Bernard Shaw)
HIGGINS. Have you no morals, man? DOOLITTLE [unabashed] Cant afford them, Governor. Neither could you if you was as poor as me. View quote
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I have never admitted the right of an elderly author to alter the work of a young author, even when the young author happens to be his former self. View quote
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Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didn't really hurt. View quote
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All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it. View quote
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Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done. View quote
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A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes. View quote
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Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious. View quote
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. View quote
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The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor. View quote
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What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car? (George Bernard Shaw)
General consultant to mankind. View quote
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What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married? View quote
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Like all young men, you greatly exaggerate the difference between one young woman and another. View quote
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What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be adults. View quote
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