George Bernard Shaw quotes - page 4

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. (George Bernard Shaw)
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. View quote
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The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time. View quote
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Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. View quote
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The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not. The cure for it is occupation. View quote
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Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth. View quote
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I am a Millionaire. That is my religion. View quote
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Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing Age, which forgives itself anything, is forgiven nothing. View quote
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Decency is Indecency's conspiracy of silence. View quote
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We dont bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we dont dress well and weve got no manners. View quote
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The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. (George Bernard Shaw)
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. View quote
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Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations. View quote
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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. View quote
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Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. View quote
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He who can does. He who can't, teaches. View quote
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Activity is the only road to knowledge. View quote
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You cannot learn to skate without making yourself ridiculous - the ice of life is slippery. View quote
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A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic. View quote
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No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot. View quote
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Criminals do not die by the hands of the law they die by the hands of other men. (George Bernard Shaw)
My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity. View quote
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Give women the vote, and in five years there will be a crushing tax on bachelors. View quote
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The quality of a play is the quality of its ideas. View quote
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If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. View quote
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