George Bernard Shaw

Ireland
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical

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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
Justice is justice though it's always delayed and finally done only by mistake
It is not disbelief that is dangerous to our society; it is belief
I have to live for others and not for myself; that's middle class morality
I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum
He who has never hoped can never despair
Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort
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