Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old George Bernard Shaw quotes, George Bernard Shaw sayings, and George Bernard Shaw proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. George Bernard Shaw
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A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.George Bernard Shaw
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The liar's punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.George Bernard Shaw
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What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.George Bernard Shaw
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Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run. George Bernard Shaw
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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. George Bernard Shaw
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Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anythingGeorge Bernard Shaw
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If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.George Bernard Shaw
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Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.George Bernard Shaw
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This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.George Bernard Shaw
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A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.George Bernard Shaw
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It is a curious sensation: the sort of pain that goes mercifully beyond our powers of feeling. When your heart is broken, your boats are burned: nothing matters any more. It is the end of happiness and the beginning of peace.George Bernard Shaw
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Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.George Bernard Shaw
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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.George Bernard Shaw
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Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.George Bernard Shaw
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There is no sincerer love than the love of food.George Bernard Shaw
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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.George Bernard Shaw
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Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.George Bernard Shaw
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We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.George Bernard Shaw
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Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.George Bernard Shaw
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When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.George Bernard Shaw
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.George Bernard Shaw
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The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.George Bernard Shaw
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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.George Bernard Shaw
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You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.George Bernard Shaw
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I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig, you get dirty; and besides, the pig likes it.George Bernard Shaw
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That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.George Bernard Shaw
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The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity.George Bernard Shaw
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First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity.George Bernard Shaw
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Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about thenGeorge Bernard Shaw