George Bernard Shaw quotes - page 26

Leisure may be defined as free activity, labor as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labor does what it must, the compulsion being that of Nature, which in these latitudes leaves men no choice between labor and starvation. (George Bernard Shaw)
When we want to read of the deeds that are done for love, whither do we turn To the murder column and there we are rarely disappointed. View quote
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The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to think out what they really had to face, instead of chopping logic in a university classroom. View quote
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If you lived in London, where the whole system is one of false good-fellowship, and you may know a man for twenty years without finding out that he hates you like poison, you would soon have your eyes opened. There we do unkind things in a kind way we say bitter things in a sweet voice we always give our friends chloroform when we tear them to pieces. View quote
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Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm. View quote
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People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them. View quote
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Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well. View quote
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Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first. View quote
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When Satan makes impure verses, Allah sends a divine tune to cleanse them. View quote
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Don't order any black things. Rejoice in his memory and be radiant leave grief to the children. Wear violet and purple. Be patient with the poor people who will snivel they don't know and they think they will live for ever, which makes death a division instead of a bond. View quote
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Changeable women are more enduring than monotonous ones. They are sometimes murdered but seldom deserted. (George Bernard Shaw)
Civilized society is one huge bourgeoisie no nobleman dares now shock his greengrocer. View quote
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Nobody can say a word against Greek it stamps a man at once as an educated gentleman. View quote
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All religions begin with a revolt against morality, and perish when morality conquers them. View quote
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Paradoxes are the only truths. View quote
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The most revolutionary invention of the Nineteenth Century was the artificial sterilization of marriage. View quote
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The only power a god can teach is the power of doing without happiness. View quote
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Very nice sort of place, Oxford, I should think, for people that like that sort of place. View quote
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The notion that disarmament can put a stop to war is contradicted by the nearest dogfight. View quote
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As well consult a butcher on the value of vegetarianism as a doctor on the worth of vaccination. View quote
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A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her. (George Bernard Shaw)
A moderately honest man with a moderately faithful wife, moderate drinkers both, in a moderately healthy house that is the true middle-class unit. View quote
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The pianoforte is the most important of all musical instruments its invention was to music what the invention of printing was to poetry. View quote
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Absolute honesty is as absurd an abstraction as an absolute temperature or an absolute value. View quote
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What the world calls originality is only an unaccustomed method of tickling it. View quote
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