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George Bernard Shaw Quotes

The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all Picture Quote #1

Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great Picture Quote #1

Wicked people means people who have no love: therefore, they have no shame. They have the power to ask love because the don’t need it: they have the power to offer it because they have none to give Picture Quote #1

Oh, well, if you want original conversations, you’d better go and talk to yourself Picture Quote #1

If you can’t appreciate what you’ve got, you’d better get what you can appreciate Picture Quote #1

If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it Picture Quote #1

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We are the masters at the moment, and not only at the moment, but for a very long time to come Picture Quote #1

The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements Picture Quote #1

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man Picture Quote #1

A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other Picture Quote #1

My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself Picture Quote #1

New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths Picture Quote #1

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When people shake their heads because we are living in a restless age, ask them how they would like to life in a stationary one, and do without change Picture Quote #1

A day’s work is a day’s work, neither more nor less, and the man or woman who does it needs a day’s sustenance, a night’s repose and due leisure, whether they be painter or ploughman Picture Quote #1

When we want to read of the deeds that are done for love, whither do we turn? To the murder column Picture Quote #1

Security, the chief pretense of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone’s head Picture Quote #1

If I bind the future I bind my will. If I bind my will I strangle creation Picture Quote #1

Life is a disease; and the only difference between on man and another is the stage of the disease at which he lives Picture Quote #1

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People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances Picture Quote #1

I assume that to prevent illness in later life, you should never have been born at all Picture Quote #1

You propound a complicated arithmetical problem: say cubing a number containing four digits. Give me a slate and half an hour’s time, and I can produce a wrong answer Picture Quote #1

We are members one of another; so that you cannot injure or help your neighbor without injuring or helping yourself Picture Quote #1

I love little children too but I don't cut off their heads and stick them in vases Picture Quote #1

It is the inefficiency and sham of... our schools... that save us from being dashed on the rocks of false doctrine instead of drifting down the midstream of mere ignorance Picture Quote #1

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Those who admire modern civilization usually identify it with the steam engine and the electric telegraph Picture Quote #1

Sister, you’re trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I’m done, I’m finished, I’m going to die Picture Quote #1

Literature is like any other trade; you will never sell anything unless you go to the right shop Picture Quote #1

A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her Picture Quote #1

We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great many people whom we at present kill. We should have to get rid of all ideas about capital punishment Picture Quote #1

A part of eugenic politics would finally land us in an extensive use of the lethal chamber. A great many people would have to be put out of existence simply because it wastes other people’s time to look after them Picture Quote #1

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The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any sauce at all (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Wicked people means people who have no love: therefore, they have no shame. They have the power to ask love because the don’t need it: they have the power to offer it because they have none to give (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Oh, well, if you want original conversations, you’d better go and talk to yourself (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) If you can’t appreciate what you’ve got, you’d better get what you can appreciate (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) We are the masters at the moment, and not only at the moment, but for a very long time to come (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) The only person who acts sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measure anew every time he sees me. Everyone else goes by their old measurements (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) A cigarette is a pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end and a fool at the other (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) My schooling not only failed to teach me what it professed to be teaching, but prevented me from being educated to an extent which infuriates me when I think of all I might have learned at home by myself (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) When people shake their heads because we are living in a restless age, ask them how they would like to life in a stationary one, and do without change (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) A day’s work is a day’s work, neither more nor less, and the man or woman who does it needs a day’s sustenance, a night’s repose and due leisure, whether they be painter or ploughman (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) When we want to read of the deeds that are done for love, whither do we turn? To the murder column (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Security, the chief pretense of civilization, cannot exist where the worst of dangers, the danger of poverty, hangs over everyone’s head (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) If I bind the future I bind my will. If I bind my will I strangle creation (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Life is a disease; and the only difference between on man and another is the stage of the disease at which he lives (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I assume that to prevent illness in later life, you should never have been born at all (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) You propound a complicated arithmetical problem: say cubing a number containing four digits. Give me a slate and half an hour’s time, and I can produce a wrong answer (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) We are members one of another; so that you cannot injure or help your neighbor without injuring or helping yourself (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) I love little children too but I don't cut off their heads and stick them in vases (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) It is the inefficiency and sham of... our schools... that save us from being dashed on the rocks of false doctrine instead of drifting down the midstream of mere ignorance (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Those who admire modern civilization usually identify it with the steam engine and the electric telegraph (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Sister, you’re trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I’m done, I’m finished, I’m going to die (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) Literature is like any other trade; you will never sell anything unless you go to the right shop (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) A man ought to be able to be fond of his wife without making a fool of himself about her (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great many people whom we at present kill. We should have to get rid of all ideas about capital punishment (George Bernard Shaw Quotes) A part of eugenic politics would finally land us in an extensive use of the lethal chamber. A great many people would have to be put out of existence simply because it wastes other people’s time to look after them (George Bernard Shaw Quotes)

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