George Bernard Shaw
Ireland
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
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No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means
Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run
My reputation grows with every failure
Most people do not pray; they only beg
Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles
Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability
Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience
Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open
Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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