George Bernard Shaw
Irish-English writer and critic
Lived from: 1856 - 1950
Category: Media | Writers (Contemporary) Country: 
United Kingdom
Born: 26 july 1856 Died: 2 november 1950
Quotes 121 till 140 of 545.
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Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.
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Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.
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Few people think more than two or three times a year. I have made an international reputation for myself thinking once or twice a week.
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Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
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First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.
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Folly is the direct pursuit of Happiness and Beauty.
Maxims for Revolutionists (1903) #103― George Bernard Shaw -
Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!
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Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich-something for nothing.
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Give a man health and a course to steer; and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.
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Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real center of the household.
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God is on the side of the big battalions.
Saint Joan (1923)― George Bernard Shaw -
Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.
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Greatness is one of the sensations of littleness.
Saint Joan (1924)― George Bernard Shaw -
Happiness and Beauty are by-products.
Maxims for Revolutionists (1903) #102― George Bernard Shaw -
Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby.
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Has fear ever held a man back from anything he really wanted?
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Hate is the revenge of a coward intimidated.
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Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
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He didn't dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his feelings. You may have noticed that people with weak hearts are the tyrants of English married life.
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He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.
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