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 possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react
The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post
The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not
The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself
The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it
The minority is sometimes right; the majority always wrong
The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time
The love of economy is the root of all virtue
The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else
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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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