George Bernard Shaw
Ireland
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
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The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves
Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity
People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them
Of all the damnable waste of human life that ever was invented, clerking is the very worst
Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man
No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot
My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity
Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations
Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born
Life is a disease; and the only difference between one another is the stage of the disease at which he lives
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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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Essays