George Bernard Shaw Quotes, World Quotes

Syllables govern the world.

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Truth telling is not compatible with the defence of the realm.

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Man gives every reason for his conduct save one, every excuse for his crimes save one, every plea for his safety save one; and that one is his cowardice

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We are more gullible and superstitious today than we were in the Middle Ages, and an example of modern credulity is the widespread belief that the Earth is round. The average man can advance not a single reason for thinking that the Earth is round. He merely swallows this theory because there is something about it that appeals to the twentieth century mentality.

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Reason enslaves all whose minds are not strong enough to master her.

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We are the living graves of murdered beasts, slaughtered to satisfy our appetites. How can we hope in this world to attain the peace we say we are so anxious for?

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The mathematician is fascinated with the marvelous beauty of the forms he constructs, and in their beauty he finds everlasting truth.

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The greatest thing in life is to die young - but delay it as long as possible.

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[Man] progresses in all things by making a fool of himself.

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I occasionally swank a little because people like it; a modest man is such a nuisance.

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The Indian way of life provides the vision of the natural, real way of life. We veil ourselves with unnatural masks. On the face of India are the tender expressions which carry the mark of the Creators hand.

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Nobody can live in society without conventions. The reason why sensible people are as conventional as they can bear to be is that conventionality saves so much time and thought and trouble and social friction of one sort or another that it leaves them much more leisure time for freedom than unconventionality does.

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War does not decide who is right but who is left.

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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.

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Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

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No Englishman is ever fairly beaten

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In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.

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This is the true joy of life-the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one, the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown to the scrap-heap; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish clod of ailments and grievances.

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Oh, well, if you want original conversations, you'd better go and talk to yourself.

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Live in contact with dreams and you will get something of their charm: live in contact with facts and you will get something of their brutality. I wish I could find a country to live in where the facts were not brutal and the dreams not real.

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