George Bernard Shaw Quotes, Artist Quotes, Men Quotes

Give me the artist who breathes it like a native, and goes about his work in it as quietly as a common man goes about his ordinary business. Mozart did so; and that is why I like him. Even if I did not, I should pretend to; for a taste in his music is a mark of caste among musicians, and should be worn, like a tall hat, by the amateur who wishes to pass for a true Brahmin.

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Being a mother means that your heart is no longer yours; it wanders wherever your children do

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In gambling the many must lose in order that the few may win.

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The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor.

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Violence is the repartee of the illiterate.

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The man who has never made a mistake will never make anything else.

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Lack of money is the root of of all evil.

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This is my father. Try what you can with him! He won't listen to me, because he remembers what a fool I was when I was a baby.

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You can rave about Stravinsky without the slightest risk of being classified as a lunatic by the next generation .

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The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

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Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

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The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.

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The Jews generally give value. They make you pay; but they deliver the goods. In my experience the men who want something for nothing are invariably Christians.

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Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentlemen.

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Marriage is the most licentious of human institutions.

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No severity of punishment deters when detection is uncertain, as it always must be.

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Don't wait for the right opportunity: create it.

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There is a terrible truthfulness about photography that sometimes makes a thing look ridiculous.

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In a stupid nation the man of genius becomes a god : everybody worships him and nobody does his will.

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If a group of beings from another planet were to land on Earth - beings who considered themselves as superior to you as you feel yourself to be to other animals - would you concede them the rights over you that you assume over other animals?

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