George Bernard Shaw
Ireland
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
26 Jul 1856 // 2 Nov 1950
Playwright / Critical
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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time
Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn
She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech
Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing
Science never solves a problem without creating ten more
Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad
Property is organized robbery
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power
Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes
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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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