George Bernard Shaw
Ireland
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
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We must always think about things, and we must think about things as they are, not as they are said to be
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it
We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future
Virtue is insufficient temptation
Very few people can afford to be poor
Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself
There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it
There is no sincerer love than the love of food
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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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