George Bernard Shaw Quotes
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Fear is choosing the safe course...
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In a stupid nation the man of genius becomes a god: everybody worships him and nobody does his will.
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I am very sorry, but I cannot learn languages. I have tried hard, only to find that men of ordinary capacity can learn Sanskrit in less time that it takes me to buy a German Dictionary...
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And so, to the end of history, murder shall breed murder, always in the name of right and honor and peace, until the gods are tired of blood and create a race that can understand.
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It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.
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The popular definition of tragedy is heavy drama in which everyone is killed in the last act, comedy being light drama in which everyone is married in the last act.
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There is not one single established religion that an intelligent, educated man can believe.
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Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.
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You have a choice of trusting the natural stability of gold, or the honesty and intelligence of members of government.
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Give women the vote, and in five years there will be a crushing tax on bachelors.
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No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.
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We throw the whole drudgery of creation on one sex, and then imply that no female of any delicacy would initiate any effort in that direction.
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Women upset everything. When you let them into your life, you find that the woman is driving at one thing and you're driving at another.
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I have very carefully studied Islam and the life of its Prophet (PBUH). I have done so both as a student of history and as a critic. And I have come to conclusion that Muhammad (PBUH) was indeed a great man and a deliverer and benefactor of mankind which was till then writhing under the most agonising Pain.
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A conquered nation is like a man with cancer: he can think of nothing else.
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Any belief worth having must survive doubt...
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Let wife and child perish, and lay bricks for your last crust, rather than part with an iota of your copyrights.
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We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way.
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She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.
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Hell is not all paved with bad intentions.
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Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.
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If I were a woman, I'd simply refuse to speak to any man or do anything for men until I'd got the vote.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
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An actress is not a lady; at least, when she is, she is not an actress.