George Bernard Shaw
Ireland
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
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Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will
If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example
If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves
If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience
I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation
I never resist temptation, because I have found that things that are bad for me do not tempt me
I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it
I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worthwhile
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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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