George Bernard Shaw
Ireland
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
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Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it
People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them
Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it
Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love
Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious
No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect
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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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