George Bernard Shaw Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Soul Quotes

Marriage is to me apostasy, profanation of the sanctuary of my soul, violation of my manhood, sale of my birthright, shameful surrender, ignominious capitulation, acceptance of defeat.

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People get tired of everything, and of nothing sooner than of what they most like.

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Though I can make my extravaganzas appear credible, I cannot make the truth appear so.

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My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.

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Taking all the round of professions and occupations, you will find that every man is the worse for being poor; and the doctor is a specially dangerous man when poor.

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Audacious ribald: your laughter will finish in hideous boredom before morning.

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As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.

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An Englishman thinks he is moral when he is only uncomfortable.

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While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal living conditions on this earth?

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

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The danger of crippling thought, the danger of obstructing the formation of the public mind by specially suppressing ... representations is far greater than any real danger that there is from such representations.

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I myself have been particularly careful never to say a civil word to the United States. I have scoffed at their inhabitants as a nation of villagers. I have defined the 100 % American as 99 % an idiot. And they adore me.

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All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it.

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Rebecca [West] can handle a pen as brilliantly as ever I could and much more savagely.

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Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first.

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After studying the Hungarian language for years, I can confidently conclude that had Hungarian been my mother tongue, it would have been more precious. Simply because through this extraordinary, ancient and powerful language it is possible to precisely describe the tiniest differences and the most secretive tremors of emotions.

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In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home they don't let you out till you are dead.

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Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends.

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Happiness and Beauty are by-products.

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My heart, my heart, be whole and free: Love is thine only enemy.

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