George Bernard Shaw
Irish-English writer and critic
Lived from: 1856-1950
Category: Media | Writers (Contemporary)
Quotes: George Bernard Shaw
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George Bernard Shaw
+93Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself
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George Bernard Shaw
+22A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.
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George Bernard Shaw
+18A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
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George Bernard Shaw
+15A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.
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George Bernard Shaw
+8A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
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George Bernard Shaw
+5As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.
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George Bernard Shaw
+5Every man over forty is a scoundrel.
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George Bernard Shaw
+5The 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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George Bernard Shaw
+4A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.
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George Bernard Shaw
+4Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
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George Bernard Shaw
+4The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.
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George Bernard Shaw
+4When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication.
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George Bernard Shaw
+3A lifetime of happiness? No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.
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George Bernard Shaw
+3A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not deceive: therefore it is not a fraud, but a miracle.
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George Bernard Shaw
+3Clever and attractive women do not want to vote; they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men.
