George Bernard Shaw
Ireland
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
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All my life affection has been showered upon me, and every forward step I have made has been taken in spite of it
All great truths begin as blasphemies
Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life
A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell
A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage
A man never tells you anything until you contradict him
A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing
A happy family is but an earlier heaven
A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
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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