George Bernard Shaw Quotes - Page 4

• If you begin by sacrificing yourself to those you love, you will end by hating those to whom you have sacrificed yourself.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Hate, Love You, Sacrifice

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4497, e-artnow

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• The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Peace, Soulmate, Honesty

  The Devil's Disciple (1901) act 2

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• Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Life, Happy

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• The best way to get your point across is to entertain.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Way, Best Way

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• Where there is no knowledge ignorance calls itself science.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Science

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.317, e-artnow

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• It is the first duty of every man not to be poor.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Men, Firsts, Poor

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• If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Life, Success

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• When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Wise, Humor, Funny Witty

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• The more I see of the moneyed classes, the more I understand the guillotine.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Money, Business, Class

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• The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Trust, Karma, Betrayal

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.4190, e-artnow

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• Treat a friend as a person who may someday become your enemy; an enemy as a person who may someday become your friend.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Loyalty, Enemy, May

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• I can't control what life did to me, but I can control how I react. Therein lies the difference.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Lying, Differences, I Can

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• This planet is obviously being used as an insane asylum by other planets.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Insane, Asylums, Used

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• If you can’t appreciate what you’ve got, you’d better get what you can appreciate.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Pygmalion, Appreciate, Ifs

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.3417, e-artnow

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• Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Funny, Birthday, Time

  Man and Superman "Maxims for Revolutionists" (1903)

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• Man is the only animal of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid...There is no harm in a well-fed lion. It has no ideals, no sect, no party.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Peace, War, Party

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• Marx's Kapital is not a treatise on socialism; it is a gerrymand against the bourgeoisie. It was supposed to be written for the working class, but the working man respects the bourgeoisie and wants to be a bourgeoisie. Marx never got a hold of him for a moment. It was the revolting sons of the bourgeoisie itself, like myself, that painted the flag red. The middle and upper classes are the revolutionary element in society. The proletariat is the conservative element.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Son, Men, Class

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• Tradition will accustom people to any atrocity

  George Bernard Shaw

  People, Atrocities, Tradition

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• People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Stress, People, Worry

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.2917, e-artnow

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• A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Men

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• There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Dangerous, Dangerous Things, Bigots

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• When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Sad, Military

  Caesar and Cleopatra (1901) act 3

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• Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Motivational, Spiritual, Art

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: The Collected Plays (Illustrated): 60 plays including Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Apple Cart, Cymbeline, Androcles And The Lion, The Man Of Destiny, The Inca Of Perusalem and Macbeth Skit”, p.2919, e-artnow

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• To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Life, Heaven, Hell

  George Bernard Shaw (2012). “Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy”, p.203, The Floating Press

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• Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Revenge, Hate, Hatred

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Plays of George Bernard Shaw (Illustrated): Including Renowned Titles like Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, The Inca Of Perusalem, Macbeth Skit, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.1477, e-artnow

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